How to Digitally Label Your USB Flash Drive With Your Information?

Step1

Open your USB drive. And Right click on empty space.

Step2

Go to New, and Click on 'Text Document'.

Step3

This wil create new text file on your usb drive. Open the text file and write down following:

[autorun]
label=Your Name (###-###-####)

(Write your name and phone number, or whatever information, you want to put here)

Step4

Go to File, and click 'Save As'. In 'File name:' box, write down 'autorun.inf'. (Check video.)

From 'Save As Type:' box, select 'All Files'. Click Save.

Step5

This will create autorun.inf file on your usb drive. (Make sure that you create this file in the root directory or your usb drive, not inside any folder.)

Step6

You can right click on the autorun.inf file and go to properties. On the General tab, check box of 'Hidden' and 'Read only'. This will hide the file, so it is not visible to anyone unless they have 'Show hidden files and folders' enabled, which most people do not have. (This is not shown in video tutorial.)

Step7

So, Now whenever you plugin the USB into any computer, it will show your information in the 'My Computer'.

This is fairly easy tip, but it can reap great benefits if you ever lose your USB drive!

Step8

You can eve put your photo as an ICON for USB flash drive!