You've installed Windows on your Mac (for what ever unfortunate reason), but you've grown tired of the standard hard disk icon that OS X uses for Windows. Changing icons in OS X isn't exactly hard, but because the Windows side is NTFS formatted, OS X can't write to it. This post provides windows xp support to change the icon, with no extra software.
1.Format your USB drive as FAT32. You can name it whatever you please.
2.Change the icon on your newly formatted USB drive. Copy your icon to your clipboard. Then, right click the USB drive and select "Get Info." Click the icon next to the drive's name and paste your new icon onto it. The results should show immediately.
3.Reboot into Windows. Plug in your jump drive. Windows will prompt you, asking what to do; choose "Open Folder to View Contents." The drive will be empty, but only for now. Go to your Control Panel and choose "Folder Options." Click the View Tab, then click the "Show hidden files and folders" option. Click ok.
Now the jump drive should be showing two files: ".VolumeIcon.icns" and "._
_file". Copy both to the root level of your Windows drive.
4.Reboot into Mac OS X and enjoy your icon.
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