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by john.cb1

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I have 2 cd rom drives a dvd/cd-rw and a dvd-rw.

All that is shows when i click on my computer is a cd drive for both. How can i change this name. So that i know which drive is which.

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by pierrejamme

This may not be what you wanted, but I always name DVD/CD's as M:\ (for Multimedia) and Rewritable as R:\ in "Disk Management". This also eliminates problems with adding USB or other such removable media changing your CD install directory from D:\ to E: or F:\.
XP you would Right Mouse Click on "My Computer" select "Manage" and then "Disk Management".

by buschman_007

Right click on the drive and select properties. At the top of the first page(General Tab) you should see a space to name the drive whatever you would like.

Mike

by cg it

a firmware upgrade and/or BIOS upgrade. The Windows default ident for these types of drives is CD Rom/CR-RW.

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