Quincy Center for Technical Education
Computer Technology Department

Label

Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label (name) of a disk.

Windows 2000 displays the volume label as part of the directory listing. If a volume serial number exists, Windows 2000 displays this number as well.

label [drive:][label]

Parameters

none

Type label without parameters to change the current volume label or delete the existing label.

drive:

Specifies the location of the disk you want to name.

label

Specifies the new volume label. You must include a colon (:) between drive and label.