Re: Unable to rename Partitions- understand Admin rights but that

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Thanks for reply Maurice. Yes I have tried all the average types of renaming.
Logging into safe mode - all the rest.
Any other ideas that might delve in a bit further

Thanks Charlie

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:

> The "Administrator" account is created during setup of XP. Given that you have home edition, reboot into Safe mode, login with Administrator account, and then do your cleanup & re-arranging.
> What you are referring to now is renaming the Volume name on the partitions. Did you try Renaming in Windows Explorer, or in Disk Management?
> --
> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> -----
>
>
> Charlie wrote:
> > I am reasonably comp competent, able to fix most things but this one
> > has me stumped.
> > H/D is partitioned into 4 primary. 1st part is for op sys. 2nd and
> > 3rd is for storage for users, 4th is storage for ghost image
> > Heres how it goes, A fresh XP Home install to partition 1. During the
> > install, enter 3 users and everything is fine.
> > I understand the principal of Administrator rights and all 3 users
> > had admin rights.
> > Logging in under different users, I would change the destination
> > (storage/location) of there particular "MY Docs" folder to there
> > dedicated partitions. (nothing special)
> > Then I didnt need the seperate users so I deleted the other users
> > using admin rights of the first user I created during install.
> >
> > Heres my dilemma. With only one user left, I cannot rename the
> > partitions that were originally designed for storage by the other
> > users now that the users dont exist anymore.
> > The warning I get is that I dont have the "Rights" to change the name
> > of these partitions.
> > I have also tried to rename while in Safe Mode but that didnt work
> > either. Same lack of rights
> > Yes - I do appreciate that a new account is created when you go into
> > Safe Mode (called Admin)
> > I do appreciate that all I need to do is override the admin rights
> > somehow but I havent found a way yet.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > Charlie
>
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