Thread: Assigning Drive Letters

I have four external HDD and I want to assign a letter to every drive and give unique name such as, backup, downloads, mp3's, videos etc. I know how to do that. I want to if I plug in one of these newly lettered and renamed drives, will the system recognize which drive it is? Any easy to understand tip will be appreciated! Thanks in advanced.

Open Notepad and create the following reg file

Code:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesApplicationsExplorer.exeDrives[Drive Letter]]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesApplicationsExplorer.exeDrives[Drive Letter]DefaultIcon]
@="C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Icons\System\Media\SD Memory Card.ico"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesApplicationsExplorer.exeDrives[Drive Letter]DefaultLabel]
@="SD Card Reader"

The path and icon name should have in the double "\\" in the path. [Drive Letter] must be changed with what drive letter you would like assigned without the [ ].

Save as "Drive Icons.reg" or whatever, and after that right-click and left-click merge it.