Cannot rename HDDs

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zillah

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Initially I have got 2 IDE hdds segate (each one 40 GB ) D and G and one

Each IDE hdd has one partition (NTFS)

I named D hdd as : DATA and I named G hdd as : BACKUP

And I have got one SATA hdd (500 GB) that was dived into two partitions C (Active and its OS windows 7) and H,,,,they are NTFS


I named C partition as : OS ,,,,and I named H partition as : STORAGE

Everything was fine till recently I installed a new SATA hdd western digital ( 1 TB ) which came under drive letter E and I named as : DOCUMENT

Now surprisingly names for G and H (BACKUP, STORAGE) disappeared.

When I try to right click on each G (hdd) and H (partition on SATA 500 GB) and choose the option rename ,,,,nothing happen ,,,,means I cannot rename them to whatever they were before

While I can rename partition C and hdd D

And I can rename SATA hdd ( 1 TB ) as well,,,,,,I named it : DOCUMENT

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Why this happens ?

Thanks
 
I tried to use the diskmgmt.msc tool to edit the drive setting I was able to change the names (not drive letter ) but when I go to My Computer ,,it does not show me the changes!!!!
 
ARGHH... I have deja vu that i've seen your problem before (tho not 100% certain about it) and I can't remember just how/what occurred!!! ARGHHH.... now i'm frustrated as well LOL


but let's try looking at a couple things.

First, tell us what version of Windows are you running?

Then click Start->Run, enter msinfo32
> Expand Components->Storage->Drives then copy/paste the info into next post
> Expand Components->Storage->Disks and copy/paste it as well
 
Hi LookinAround

See the requested information

Drive A:
Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive

Drive C :
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 250.00 GB (268,440,203,264 bytes)
Free Space 208.31 GB (223,669,108,736 bytes)
Volume Name SG WindowsOS
Volume Serial Number 64EF8520

Drive D :
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 37.27 GB (40,015,953,920 bytes)
Free Space 17.17 GB (18,438,291,456 bytes)
Volume Name SG Data
Volume Serial Number B6BA0A6F

Drive E :
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 931.51 GB (1,000,202,039,296 bytes)
Free Space 931.39 GB (1,000,075,796,480 bytes)
Volume Name BACKUP
Volume Serial Number 40F333D9

Drive F :
Description CD-ROM Disc

Drive G :
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 37.27 GB (40,015,953,920 bytes)
Free Space 36.76 GB (39,466,184,704 bytes)
Volume Name sss
Volume Serial Number 6CD4A1BE

Drive H :
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 215.75 GB (231,665,008,640 bytes)
Free Space 139.72 GB (150,025,797,632 bytes)
Volume Name STORAGE
Volume Serial Number F682FA3F

Drive I :
Description CD-ROM Disc
Click to expand...


Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST340016A ATA Device
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 1
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 1
SCSI Target ID 0
Sectors/Track 63
Size 37.27 GB (40,015,987,200 bytes)
Total Cylinders 4,865
Total Sectors 78,156,225
Total Tracks 1,240,575
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #2, Partition #0
Partition Size 37.27 GB (40,015,954,944 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST340810A ATA Device
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 1
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 1
SCSI Target ID 1
Sectors/Track 63
Size 37.27 GB (40,015,987,200 bytes)
Total Cylinders 4,865
Total Sectors 78,156,225
Total Tracks 1,240,575
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #3, Partition #0
Partition Size 37.27 GB (40,015,954,944 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST3500418AS ATA Device
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 2
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target ID 0
Sectors/Track 63
Size 465.76 GB (500,105,249,280 bytes)
Total Cylinders 60,801
Total Sectors 976,768,065
Total Tracks 15,504,255
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size 250.00 GB (268,440,205,824 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes
Partition Disk #0, Partition #1
Partition Size 215.75 GB (231,665,011,200 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 268,440,238,080 bytes

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 ATA Device
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target ID 1
Sectors/Track 63
Size 931.51 GB (1,000,202,273,280 bytes)
Total Cylinders 121,601
Total Sectors 1,953,520,065
Total Tracks 31,008,255
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #1, Partition #0
Partition Size 931.51 GB (1,000,202,043,392 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 1,048,576 bytes
Click to expand...
 
Well, i don't have any answers yet.. but i noticed something quite curious

Look at the Volume Names for each partition in the msinfo32 output. Are the volume names in msinfo32 correct? (i snipped the info below). I wonder if it's just a problem with your Windows Disk Management user interface?

Anyway, let me know if you're seeing the info correctly in msinfo32 output as then we'll know the problem is in the Disk Management user display

Code: 
Drive C :
Volume Name SG WindowsOS

Drive D :
Volume Name SG Data

Drive E :
Volume Name BACKUP

Drive G :
Volume Name sss

Drive H :
Volume Name STORAGE
 
Oooops! And thank you for both correcting me and showing me Disk Management as now i see it's just not correct in My Computer??? But seems to be OK otherwise (i.e., it's ok in msinfo32 and Disk Management).

I wonder if could just be a Windows 7 bug. Have you installed all Windows updates?

/* EDIT */
Also, i assume you rebooted since problem started... but try reboot again since you made the volume name change again
 
Hmmm... here's something to try "just for the heck of it"


Since you said this problem started when the E drive was mounted, go into Disk Management, select your BACKUP volume, then unassign the drive letter and reboot.

(You can later then reassign BACKUP to letter J, for example, or any other letter you want just in case there is some type of conflict or problem with mounting the letter E)
 
Since you said this problem started when the E drive was mounted, go into Disk Management, select your BACKUP volume, then unassign the drive letter and reboot.
Click to expand...
I did and still no joy.

And then I removed the cables (data and power) from the new hdd (1 TB) and still no joy

Thanks
 
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