How to view the name or label of a drive

Updated: 08/31/2020 by Computer Hope

Below are the steps to view or label the name of a drive on your computer.

Windows users

  1. Press the Windows key, type My Computer, and press Enter.
  2. In My Computer (This PC for Windows 8 and up), each drive name precedes the drive letter. For example, in the image below, Primary Drive is the name of the C: drive.
Tip

You can right-click a drive icon and select Properties to display and change its name.

Local Disk (C:) in Windows

MS-DOS and Windows command line users

  1. Change to the drive letter you want to change.
  1. Once you're in the drive, type label, and press Enter.