Cant rename drive

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  brian reynolds

  1/15/23, 12:58 PM

  Got this today https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-External-Lay-Flat-Docking-Station/dp/B00LS5NFQ2/ref=asc_df_B00LS5NFQ2/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310819177578&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10080221607665356364&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007850&hvtargid=pla-365069372813&th=1

   

  to read this https://www.amazon.com/Maxtor-MaXLine-250GB-7200RPM-Drive/dp/B000Y8I8PW

   

  But the drive is not showing up normally in disk management but i cant rename it from disk one as that options is greyed out...

   

  any ideas?

   

  

  but is showing in disk management as drive 1

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  Sabrent Staff

  1/15/23, 1:59 PM

  @brian reynolds The disk number on the left is arbitrarily assigned by the operating system, it has no meaning beyond that.

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  brian reynolds

  1/15/23, 2:33 PM

  yes i believe i have to rename it but can't

  Should it not still be showing in explorer when it is hwoing here?

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  Sabrent Staff

  1/17/23, 2:59 PM

  @brian reynolds The name of the partition(s) is something different. Disk 1 is how the system recognizes the actual physical disk. Use a program like MiniTool Partition Wizard to have more information. If you are just trying to assign a drive letter and then name to a partition, you can do that in Windows Disk Management by right-clicking the 228GB partition. If this fails, check MiniTool PW.

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