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    Question About Icons On Desktop and Windows Bootcamp!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dell111, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. dell111

    dell111 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Alright so I have bootcamp installed and on my desktop I have my mac hd and an untitled hd which is for windows. I was able to change my icon for mac hd but it will not let me for the untitled windows one! Anyone know how to fix that, i can also not rename it or get it off my desktop.
     
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  2. track2

    track2 Notebook Guru

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    The icon that you see for the Untitled disk is actually the NTFS partition with Windows installed on it. Macs can read from, but cannot write to, Windows NTFS partitions. So this is probably why you can't do this. Personally I didn't change the icon for either Mac or Windows partitions.

    If you open Finder, then go to Preferences, in the General tab you can select "Show these items on the Desktop". You can hide disks, DVDs, etc.
     
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    Xander Paranoid Android

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    That will hide your Mac OS X (HFS+) partition, but will not work for a Windows (NTFS) partition. You can however Eject (Unmount) your Windows partition. Right-click > Eject; you'll need to do this after every Restart though. Maybe there is a better, more permanent, solution to hide the volume?

    To rename your Windows (NTFS) partition, boot into Windows and rename your C drive.

    To change the icon of the Windows partition, follow this guide.

    For anyone that is curious, Mac 101: Change Your Icons.

    EDIT: Apparently you can hide the Windows volume using "SetFile" from the Developer Tools. Follow this guide. I have not tried this. I access my Windows partition quite frequently, so it's convenient to have it on the Desktop. Does anyone have any other solutions?
     
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