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Am I allowed to use spaces, dots and other symbols in volume labels?
What is the maximum length?
Sunny Reborn Pony
Posted 2013-10-18T10:44:37.673
Reputation: 391
What symbols can I use in FAT32 volume labels?
Answers
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- Maximum of 11 characters
- No
* ? . , ; : / \ | + = < > [ ]signs - No tabs
Ice
Posted 2013-10-18T10:44:37.673
Reputation: 109
3Don't forget the quote mark ( " ), the only character missing on your 'disallowed' list (16 disallowed chars total). – Mike Mounier – 2016-08-24T19:30:27.990
3Can someone give an authoritative reference? That would help us confirm the accuracy and check for any other missing info. – LarsH – 2018-05-25T18:47:56.087
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/fileio/naming-a-file#naming-conventions – Aubin – 2019-06-07T11:19:45.450
@Aubin: That doesn't say it applies to filesystem labels (not to be confused with volume paths, which are a later WinNT invention). Filesystem labels are not part of the file path. (And it doesn't even match the limits specified in the post, e.g. the invalid character set is completely different from that of filenames.) – user1686 – 2019-06-07T12:33:41.060
Thank you. Spaces allowed (ASCII 32)? – Sunny Reborn Pony – 2013-10-18T11:43:27.393
2Spaces are allowed(and in NTFS too). – Ice – 2013-10-18T11:49:46.060