Re: Reading Windows Partition Labels

[Gordon Keehn <gordonkeehn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alexander Apprich wrote:

> Hi Mauriat,
>
> Mauriat wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way to extract in Linux the partition labels for
> > Windows/FAT/NTFS. For example, I dual boot with multiple NTFS
> > partitions. In Windows 2000 they are labeled 'Win200' for C and
> > 'Media' for D, etc. Is there some way to list those labels ('Win2000'
> > and 'Media') in Fedora?
>
>
> AFAIK Windows doesn't label partitions like linux does. But you could
> try parted with the print option.
>
> > Mauriat
I believe that Windows stores the disk label in an entry in the root 
directory;  at least that's how it was done for xFAT drives.
   Cheers,
Gordon Keehn