Question: On my custom-built computer, there is a chip-reader that will accept about 8 kinds of chips - you know, the ones you use in cameras. These all count as "drives" on my computer, and in the Drive Manager of the MMC console, (or you can get to it by right-clicking on "Computer" and selecting "Manage") I can set the drive letters for these devices.

However, when I plug in another flash drive, I get confused as to which drive it is - with all those other ones complicating the matter.

How can I *rename* my empty chip-reader drives? I've tried opening their "properties" in Windows Explorer - which lets me specify a name, but it won't accept anything I tell it (never had this issue in XP). When I click "Apply" in the properties dialogue, it says, 

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> The volume label is not valid. Please enter a valid volume label.
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> 

But nothing I type there seems to be "valid".

So, I want to call the drives by their chip names, such as "xd drive", "sd drive", "M2 drive", etc. That way I can tell which one is which.

Answer: 
Ah, I figured it out.

***I opened computer in Windows Explorer and simply clicked, "rename".***

It worked like a charm.
It works with OR without a space, however you like. Pushing good ole' `F2` works too.

I feel kind of stupid for asking the question, now, but if it worked via properties like you'd think, there would have been no question.

You can't rename it through properties, for some reason! 

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aofWh.png)

You may have to [enable the setting in Windows Explorer](http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/6969-drives-hide-show-empty-drives-computer-folder.html).
Probably, the space character is not allowed, or something.

Try something that will obviously be accepted, like "ABC".

Or perhaps the error message is wrong and you don't have the right to change the name - in which case, try the administrator account, safe mode or even the built-in elevated administrator account.

Perhaps you can't change the drive's name, only cards that you put in it. I think this is likely, because I think I remember something similar happening to me.

Alternatively, if I were you, instead of doing this, I'd go to folder options in the control panel and check "hide empty drives", or however it's called. You can't get confused if there's only one drive displayed.

You can also, through the popup that shows up when you put it in, ask Windows to always open an Explorer window for it when you put it in.