Rename Toshiba Canvio 2TB

I am using a Toshiba Canvio 2TB external HDD on my router (Fritz!Box 7490) as a NAS disk.
Unfortunately the disk always shows up as "TOSHIBA-ExternalUSB3-0-01" in navigation trees.
Up to now I did not find a way to rename the device to e.g. "Media".
Could anybody please tell me how to accomplish this.
Simple rename in Windows Explorer does not work. Must have something to do with a HDD name provided / delivered by Toshiba.
Thanks for your support.

Hi
The option rename which is available and provided by Windows explorer does not rename the external HDD but the storage name will be changed only within the Windows explorer.
To be honest Im not quite sure if you could change the HDD name which appears in the fritz box menu.
However, maybe you could try to use the clean or clean all command on a selected disk to delete all of it's MBR or GPT partitions, volumes, and any hidden sector information on MBR disk.
Details here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html
But use it at your own risk!

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Jerry_Lippey wrote:
when I boot from myToshiba Canvio 2TB 3.0 hard drive. ... I tried to put the Toshiba hard drive last in the boot priority,
If I understand you correctly, you are attempting to boot from the external drive that contains your backup image.
I don't know anything about this program, but I feel certain that you are expected to boot from a special optical disc (CD or DVD) that you have burned.
Please read your User Manual for instructions.
Booting from my external drive is exactly what I tried. I did read the "Help section" concerning the restore procedure. As you will be able to see in the first image I linked, it is writen to refer to the software instructions. I linked then, with the next three pictures, what it looks like in the software and how to reach the "Complete System Backup" instructions. I did all this procedure and the only message my notebook shows me is "Missing Operating System".
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