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How do I rename in Windows 8 disk label from D: to A:, say ? I do know how to rename the label from KINGSTON to USB say, though.

user2925716
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Drive letters are a very different thing from filesystem labels.

Graphical interface: Run diskmgmt.msc, right-click the volume and select "Change drive letters and paths".

Command line: Run diskpart, select the disk and partition, then use the assign command.

u1686_grawity
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  • The OS won't let you have two `C:` drive letters. You won't lose data – the drive letters are _not_ written to disk anyway, they're just "virtual" assignments for lack of a better word (they're not the same thing as volume labels!), but you _will_ make Windows unbootable if you change the system volume's drive letter, so don't do that. – u1686_grawity Jul 25 '20 at 15:43
  • You really mean do not change what now is exactly `C:` is this correct ? – user2925716 Jul 25 '20 at 15:45
  • I mean do not change the drive letter of the volume containing the Windows system files, which is _usually_ `C:`. – u1686_grawity Jul 25 '20 at 16:13
  • OK. You have said `the drive letters are not written to disk anyway`. Now, I have 2 USB flash disks. On one I have changed `F:` to `G:` and I have left the other unchanged. BUT, the OS (WIndows 8.1) *remembers* the changed `G:` letter and also the unchanged `F:` letter: it just remembers what was changed. This is strange by what you have said in my first line of this comment previously. Where OS remembers this `G:` if not in the flash disk itself ?? – user2925716 Jul 25 '20 at 16:29
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    It remembers this within the central system configuration that's kept on the OS disk, of course. For Windows that's the Registry (stored under C:\Windows\System32\Config, accessible through regedit). Can't remember offhand which specific registry location stores drive letter assignments, but they're based on the device's serial number and similar values. – u1686_grawity Jul 25 '20 at 16:55