Partition label is an optional name assigned to a partition for easier recognition of your partitions. For example, one could be called WinXP which represent a partition with an OS, Games which represent a pastime partition, etc.

To change a partition label

• Select a partition which label needed to change, and click the Label option in shortcut menu to invoke the Partition Label dialog.
  
  
• Enter a new label in the Input Box field.
  
  
• By clicking OK you'll add a pending operation, and the new partition label will be graphically represented in the Partition Assistant main window.

Note

• In Windows, partition labels are shown in the Explorer disk and folder tree: System (C:), Work (D:), etc. System and Work are partition labels.
  
  
• For FAT/FAT32 partition, the label can be set up to 11 characters, but in NTFS, the partition label is up to 32 characters.