Bootcamp: Renaming/Hiding XP Partition [Archive]

rumbletum

Apr 12, 2006, 04:57 PM

I've just installed XP, and the only thing I don't like is that I've got a new icon on my OSX desktop. Is there any way of hiding just this icon from view? Also its currently called 'untitled', can I change this to something else without effecting my XP setup?

Thanks

MacRumorUser

Apr 12, 2006, 05:35 PM

Yeah I thought the same! Anyone know how to do it?

Kizuel

Apr 12, 2006, 05:41 PM

Just double click it to rename it.

Electro Funk

Apr 12, 2006, 05:48 PM

Just double click it to rename it.

I changed the icon on my desktop as well...

Electro Funk

Apr 12, 2006, 05:53 PM

I changed the icon on my desktop as well...

Here it is... :eek:

flame on...

Electro Funk

Apr 12, 2006, 05:57 PM

Here is what the rest of my desktop looks like... if anyone is interested :o

JayMak

Apr 12, 2006, 06:21 PM

I guess you have a FAT32 partition?

I can't seem to change the name of a NTFS one here...

Electro Funk

Apr 12, 2006, 06:28 PM

I guess you have a FAT32 partition?

I can't seem to change the name of a NTFS one here...

Yes i do... as to be able to write to the drive from OSX...;)

balamw

Apr 12, 2006, 06:33 PM

I just unmount mine (NTFS formatted).

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MacRumorUser

Apr 12, 2006, 07:10 PM

I just unmount mine (NTFS formatted).

B

DOH! Why didn't I think of that. Just done it!!! :)

Electro Funk

Apr 12, 2006, 07:22 PM

I just unmount mine (NTFS formatted).

B

Hmmm... so if you unmount it you can write to it under NTFS?

I did not know that...

ManchesterTrix

Apr 12, 2006, 07:42 PM

Hmmm... so if you unmount it you can write to it under NTFS?

I did not know that...

I'm pretty sure he's saying he unmounts it so it doesn't show up on the desktop. If I wanted to hide my NTFS partition, I'd load Windows, rename the drive .Windows and it wouldn't show up on the desktop when loading OSX. I do believe it'd still show in the sidebar of Finder windows though.

balamw

Apr 12, 2006, 08:45 PM

I'm pretty sure he's saying he unmounts it so it doesn't show up on the desktop. If I wanted to hide my NTFS partition, I'd load Windows, rename the drive .Windows and it wouldn't show up on the desktop when loading OSX. I do believe it'd still show in the sidebar of Finder windows though.
Correct. It's NTFS so it's read only and I don't intend to share any data between the two that's not on an external data source (CD, USB stick, etc...) So I just don't want to see it all the time or have it mounted. If I was rebooting often I'd probably set it up in the login script or the like.

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Electro Funk

Apr 12, 2006, 08:51 PM

Correct. It's NTFS so it's read only and I don't intend to share any data between the two that's not on an external data source (CD, USB stick, etc...) So I just don't want to see it all the time or have it mounted. If I was rebooting often I'd probably set it up in the login script or the like.

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ahhhh... i see... that makes sense...:)

rumbletum

Apr 13, 2006, 02:16 AM

Thanks everyone, just unmounted it (NTFS) :)

rumbletum

Apr 13, 2006, 02:42 AM

OF course, when I reboot, its back there on my desktop. Any way for the icon to be permanently hidden?

ManchesterTrix

Apr 13, 2006, 08:46 AM

OF course, when I reboot, its back there on my desktop. Any way for the icon to be permanently hidden?

Log into XP and name your local disk .Windows

rumbletum

Apr 13, 2006, 08:54 AM

Log into XP and name your local disk .Windows

Cheers, job done :)

harveypooka

Apr 13, 2006, 03:08 PM

Here it is... :eek:

flame on...

Hmmmm. Where did you get that icon for XP from? I really like that the boot loader shows the icon of your HD....I thought it might have just defaulted to the stock HD one...hmmm.....

balamw

Apr 13, 2006, 03:30 PM

I really like that the boot loader shows the icon of your HD
The image posted is not of his bootloader, it's of his desktop. (See the later post for the full image.)

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harveypooka

Apr 13, 2006, 05:41 PM

The image posted is not of his bootloader, it's of his desktop. (See the later post for the full image.)

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I want to know where he got the icon of XP from. I was talking about MY boot loader...it shows the picture of my Macintosh HD and the untitled volume.

Electro Funk

Apr 13, 2006, 05:58 PM

The image posted is not of his bootloader, it's of his desktop. (See the later post for the full image.)

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that is correct... at the bootload screen my Mac icon actually looks like the iMac on my desktop but the windows icon is still the generic drive icon...

Dont remember where i got the icon but would be happy to send it to you if you want it... just PM me your email... ;)

Hls811

May 19, 2006, 10:00 PM

OF course, when I reboot, its back there on my desktop. Any way for the icon to be permanently hidden?

Don't mean to re-open an old thread, but I'm having the same problem - I formatted using FAT32, and it re-appears each time I reboot into OSX... Is the only way to unmount if its NTFS or am I missing something.. I don't want to have to delete it each time..

yankeefan24

May 19, 2006, 10:03 PM

Don't mean to re-open an old thread, but I'm having the same problem - I formatted using FAT32, and it re-appears each time I reboot into OSX... Is the only way to unmount if its NTFS or am I missing something.. I don't want to have to delete it each time..

As said earlier, rename your drive in windows to .windows

that will make it invisible in Mac OS X.

Hls811

May 19, 2006, 10:25 PM

As said earlier, rename your drive in windows to .windows

that will make it invisible in Mac OS X.

Maybe I'm simplifying too much, but how? .windows is an invalid drive name (cause of the period).

rumbletum

May 20, 2006, 01:55 AM

As said earlier, rename your drive in windows to .windows

that will make it invisible in Mac OS X.

Just to confirm, I followed this advice and it works.

You're not trying to do it in OSX are you, as I think thats why you're having problems renaming the drive, do it through windows.

Hls811

May 20, 2006, 10:38 AM

Just to confirm, I followed this advice and it works.

You're not trying to do it in OSX are you, as I think thats why you're having problems renaming the drive, do it through windows.

Nope - I'm trying in Windows - I wonder if it only works on an NTFS system? ( tired on my "real" windows PC (NTFS) and it allows me to rename it, but when I try on the BootCamp partition (FAT32) it doesn't let me...

I'll try and convert to NTFS to confirm thats the reason.

MacAri

May 20, 2006, 11:37 AM

if you rename the Windows partition to "Windows" in Disk Administrator while in Windows XP Professional it will stick. If you don't want to see the drive upon booting into OS X, you can create a start up script that automatically unmounts the Windows partition.

This works in NTFS.

Nope - I'm trying in Windows - I wonder if it only works on an NTFS system? ( tired on my "real" windows PC (NTFS) and it allows me to rename it, but when I try on the BootCamp partition (FAT32) it doesn't let me...

I'll try and convert to NTFS to confirm thats the reason.