Changing Windows Drive Label From Linux
Sometimes we will hate it when linux shows the drive names from windows when mounted. I hate it. And till yesterday I thought it was not possible to change the drive label from linux. then I came Across the suit called “ntfsprogs“. Using this tools we can simply change any windows Drive label.
First get the Application pack for your linux flavour. If you are using Ubuntu just type
sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs
And then the administrator password. Now after the installation unmount the windows drive of which the label you want to change.
You can do it bytyping the following in the terminal
sudo umount <mounted folder>
After this type,
sudo ntfslabel -f /dev/<drive> <newlabel>
example:sudo ntfslabel -f /dev/sda5 newlabel
Now you have changed the drive label. The option -f is used for forcing the operation. So use it with care.
Now mount it back by typing
sudo mount -a
OR
sudo mount /dev/<drive> /media/<mount DIR>
thats it.. 
