Change the default Drive Icons in Windows XP
You can change the default drive icons available in My Computer under Windows XP through the registry. Although it is done via registry the task is pretty simple and straight forward. (You can also use the Autorun method – please read that article if you prefer to do so)
Open registry editor ( WIN+R ยป regedit )
Navigate to the key
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons
Here you can see some sub keys with name as drive letters in you system.
Each one of them will have another sub key DefaultIcon . The 
Default string value here contains the path to the icon used for that drive. Double Click on this and set the path of the icon you want to use.
This will change the default icon of that drive. Repeat it for other drives also. I don’t know any easier way, but if you know just post a comment and I will publish it here and link back to your blog.
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Comments
Hi James,
you may just right click and create a STRING value with the names as given in the post. To know more about registry please read http://www.exnol.com/windows/a-brief-introdution-to-the-windows-registry
I don’t have this DriveIcons in my registry