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How can I change the Volume ID of a disk?

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A. A. Windows NT provides functionality to change the volume name of a disk by using the command

label <drive>: <label name>

Windows NT does not provide built in functionality to change Volume ID's, however NT Internals has produced a free utility that can be downloaded from http://www.sysinternals.com/misc.htm called VolumeID which can change the volume ID of a FAT or NTFS volume. To view a drives current Volume ID you can just perform a dir <drive>: and the volume serial number is shown on the second line down, e.g.

Volume in drive E is system
Volume Serial Number is BC09-8AE4

To change enter the command

volumeid <drive letter>: xxxx-xxxx


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Reader Comments
Well - that didn't work. ....and, yup, I rebooted. (Win2k)

Eric Holtzclaw February 19, 2003


I downloaded the proram but cannot get it to open. It just flashes up on my screen and poof gone. Anybody have any other ideas on hoe to change the volume ID

bob1492 August 27, 2004 (Article Rating: )


must be run from the command prompt

Anonymous User March 08, 2005 (Article Rating: )


I ran the volumeid program from a cmd prompt but the number did not change after I rebooted.
Not the C: drive but an "H" drive --
What could cause this?

redblanchard October 27, 2008 (Article Rating: )


for Bob1492, hit start/run; then type CMD to bring up a usable DOS command prompt

redblanchard October 27, 2008 (Article Rating: )


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