Custom Windows Hard Drive Icon

newportnews · Apr 6, 2006, 04:17 PM

I know this seems pretty trivial -- but how do you set a custom icon to the Windows partition. So that you hold down option at startup you see a Windows icon.

helicine · Apr 6, 2006, 06:56 PM

my windows partition is NTFS, so I can't do anything to it in OSX. you *might* be able to give it an icon in OSX if the drive is formatted as FAT32

someone care to test this?

Electro Funk · Apr 6, 2006, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by helicine

my windows partition is NTFS, so I can't do anything to it in OSX. you *might* be able to give it an icon in OSX if the drive is formatted as FAT32

someone care to test this?

I partitioned Fat32 so i could write to Winblows drive from OsX... My iMac icon shows up @ boot but Winblows is still the Generic drive icon... (even though on my desktop it is the Winblows icon...

7on · Apr 27, 2006, 11:00 AM

try this - set a folder icon to the icon you want the windows drive (can be any folder anywhere). Enable "show hidden files" (using terminal or Cocktail's free trial) then inside that folder should be an externsionless "Icon" file. Copy that to a thumbdrive or a cd anything that's readable in Windows.

Boot into Windows

Copy the "Icon" file to the root of the C: drive (you might have to enable hidden folders)

In "theory" this should work. The FAT32 thing does would with thumbdrives.

bugfaceuk · May 4, 2006, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7on

try this - set a folder icon to the icon you want the windows drive (can be any folder anywhere). Enable "show hidden files" (using terminal or Cocktail's free trial) then inside that folder should be an externsionless "Icon" file. Copy that to a thumbdrive or a cd anything that's readable in Windows.

Boot into Windows

Copy the "Icon" file to the root of the C: drive (you might have to enable hidden folders)

In "theory" this should work. The FAT32 thing does would with thumbdrives.

Sounds like a plan, I did spend some time trying to do this, and failed dismally. This at least feels like a more plausible track.

One question, why wouldn't you copy the Icon file from OS-X if you have a FAT32 partiition?

Apr 6, 2006, 04:17 PM	#1
newportnews macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2003	Custom Windows Hard Drive Icon I know this seems pretty trivial -- but how do you set a custom icon to the Windows partition. So that you hold down option at startup you see a Windows icon.
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Apr 27, 2006, 11:00 AM	#4
7on macrumors 68040 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fishman Island	try this - set a folder icon to the icon you want the windows drive (can be any folder anywhere). Enable "show hidden files" (using terminal or Cocktail's free trial) then inside that folder should be an externsionless "Icon" file. Copy that to a thumbdrive or a cd anything that's readable in Windows. Boot into Windows Copy the "Icon" file to the root of the C: drive (you might have to enable hidden folders) In "theory" this should work. The FAT32 thing does would with thumbdrives. __________________ jonshipman.com
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helicine macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: the retina of the mind's eye	my windows partition is NTFS, so I can't do anything to it in OSX. you might be able to give it an icon in OSX if the drive is formatted as FAT32 someone care to test this?
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