How to Rename Physical Disks in Windows 11 Storage Pool

Why Rename Your Disks?

• Make it easier to find a specific disk.
• Helps when you need to replace or fix a disk.
• Prevents confusion between disks from different brands or sizes.

How to Rename Physical Disks Using Control Panel

You can rename physical disks in a Windows 11 Storage Pool using the Control Panel 🎛️ by opening Storage Spaces and editing the drive properties. This method lets you change the label of any physical hard drive so you can easily tell them apart when managing your storage pool.

1. Open the Control Panel 🎛️ on your Windows 11 computer.
2. Go to: Control Panel 🎛️ › System and Security › Storage Spaces
3. Click the Change settings button at the top of the Storage Spaces page.
4. Find your Storage pool and click to expand it.
5. Under Physical drives, click the Rename link next to the disk you want to rename.

6. A box will pop up asking for a new name. Type a unique name for your disk and click Rename drive.

When done, close the Control Panel. Your disk will now show the new name.

How to Rename Physical Disks Using PowerShell

You can rename physical disks in a Windows 11 Storage Pool using PowerShell by running a quick command with administrator rights. This method lets you target a specific physical disk and assign a new friendly name using the Update-PhysicalDisk command.

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator (search for PowerShell, right-click, and choose "Run as administrator"). ⚠️ Requires admin privileges
2. Type this command to see all your physical disks:
   

   Get-PhysicalDisk | Select-Object FriendlyName, SerialNumber, UniqueID

   
   
3. Look for the disk you want to rename by its name or ID.
4. Use one of these commands to rename the disk (replace the names and IDs with your own):
   

   Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName "OldDiskName" -NewFriendlyName "NewDiskName"

   
   

   OR

   
   

   Set-PhysicalDisk -UniqueId "DiskUniqueID" -NewFriendlyName "NewDiskName"

   
   
5. Example: If your disk is named SAMSUNG HD5555 or its unique ID is 1234567890, and you want to rename it to SAMSUNG HD1, you would type:
   

   Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName "SAMSUNG HD5555" -NewFriendlyName "SAMSUNG HD1"

   
   

   OR

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   Set-PhysicalDisk -UniqueId "1234567890" -NewFriendlyName "SAMSUNG HD1"

6. Press Enter, and your disk will be renamed.

Summary

You can rename physical disks in a Windows 11 Storage Pool using either the Control Panel or PowerShell to keep your drives organised and easy to identify. Both methods allow you to assign custom names to your hardware so you never mix up your storage drives.

How do you do it? You can rename disks in two ways: through the easy-to-use Control Panel or by using PowerShell commands.

What should you remember? Always use unique names for your disks to avoid confusion.

Renaming physical disks within a Windows 11 Storage Pool allows users to easily identify specific drives. After completing the renaming steps, users will see the updated disk names reflected in the Storage Spaces management interface, improving organization for up to 128 physical disks per pool.