Windows 10: Rename Physical Drive in Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10

How to: Rename Physical Drive in Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10

How to Rename Physical Drive in Storage Pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10


Information add more drives to the storage pool.

When you add drives to a storage pool, the hardware name is used by default for the drive. You may want to rename the drive to any name you want.

This tutorial will show you how to rename physical drives in a storage pool for Storage Spaces in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to rename physical drives in a storage pool.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Rename Physical Drive in Storage Spaces Settings
• Option Two: To Rename Physical Drive in PowerShell

OPTION ONE [/i] To Rename Physical Drive in Storage Spaces Settings
1. Open Settings, click/tap on the System icon, click/tap on Storage on the left side, and click/tap on the Manage Storage Spaces link on the right side. (see screenshot below)


Note You can also open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Storage Spaces icon instead.





2. Click/tap on the Change settings button, click/tap on Yes if prompted by UAC, and click/tap on the Rename link for the physical drive you want to change the name of in the storage pool you want. (see screenshot below)



3. Type a new name you want for the physical drive (ex: "Storage Drive 2"), and click/tap on Rename drive. (see screenshot below)



4. The storage pool will now be renamed. (see screenshot below)







OPTION TWO [/i] To Rename Physical Drive in PowerShell
1. Open an elevated PowerShell.

2. Type the command below into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Get-PhysicalDisk




3. Make note of the current friendly name (ex: "SAMSUNG HD154UI") of the physical drive you want to rename. (see screenshot above)


Note Physical drives in storage pools will be the ones listed as unspecified "media type".


4. Type the command below into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)


Note For more Set-PhysicalDisk command usage options, see: Set-PhysicalDisk - Windows IT Center


*Arrow Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName "CurrentName" -NewFriendlyName "NewName"



Note Substitute CurrentName in the command above with the actual current name (ex: "SAMSUNG HD154UI") from step 3 above.

Substitute NewName in the command above with the actual new name (ex: "Storage Drive 1") you want for this physical drive.

For example:

Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName "SAMSUNG HD154UI" -NewFriendlyName "Storage Drive 1"





5. When finished, you can close the elevated PowerShell.

That's it,
Shawn


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