This part’s easy: Just right-click the drive whose name you want to change, and then click Properties. Okay, first we’ll look at how to change the name of the drive to something other than Local Disk (X:). Naturally, I’ll get used to clicking in a certain place when I want a certain drive, but wouldn’t it be nifty if each drive had a custom icon? First thing’s first: Change the name of the drive Trouble is, all those icons look the same. And Q: is an external USB Toshiba hard drive that I use for File History data backups. Obviously, C: is the SSD where Windows is installed.

Note that my E: is a mechanical hard drive for storing data. You can customize the icons for all of your drives – even internal hard drives – in just a few easy steps! What you may not know is that the same simple technique can be used on fixed drives. You may know about changing your removable drive icons, especially if you read my ancient article Autorun Fun: Customize or Repair Autoplay for an External Drive. You want a certain color, a certain background wallpaper, and some people go so far as to use a theme that will even change icons.

Windows 10 change drive icon