How to edit label of USB drive easily without formatting it? I tried right clicking the device and go to the properties but cannot find anything to edit.
You have to use the mlabel command.
First type the mount command to find out the device location of you pen drive. Find the line which goes like “/dev/sdc1 on /media/disk …”.
This means the device sdc1 which is my pen drive is mounted on /media/disk.
Next unmount the device.
sudo umount /media/disk
Next use this command.
sudo mlabel -i /dev/sdc1 ::<new_label>
Total number of sectors (7831520) not a multiple of sectors per track (63)!
You can easily ignore the check by running this command:
echo mtools_skip_check=1 >> ~/.mtoolsrc
Try again and it should work.
For this you need the Gparted software. Install it if you don’t have it already.
Open the software as a super user, and select the pen drive from GParted>Devices>
Unmount the device if it hasn’t been, by right clicking on it.
After unmounting, right click on it and select “Label” and change it to whatever you want it to be. And then Apply it, by clicking the Edit>Apply All Operations.
Your pendrives label should be changed now.
