How can we icons (icons) personalized CD / DVD or Flash Drive (USB Stick)

You know that when buy un CD/DVD with a game or a program, in the "My Computer”Or in the box AutoPlay occurs iconThat most have is representative game or acquis on CD.

Here are two examples of icon for CDOriginal site Microsoft Office 2003 and for Bootable USB stick cu Windows 7.

CD/DVD icon Microsoft Office 2003:

Icon USB bootable drive with Windows 7:

To put an icon / icon to a CD / DVD or a flash drive, we need only two files. A icon (. ICO) and file autorun.inf for AutoRun (automatically launch applications on portable devices).

How can we icons (icons) personalized CD / DVD or Flash Drive (USB Stick)

1. First we need an icon in format Ico. We took the example icon WindowsIco.

2. Besides creating the file. ICO file named Autorun and extension . Inf (autorun.inf) In that we have the following lines:

[Autorun]
ICON =WindowsIco

open Notepad.exe, edit with the two lines, then save the file with the .inf extension.

3. Copy both files to CD / DVD or USB drive root directory (Root directory).

After copying the two files and writing the lines from autorun.inf correctly, when reconnecting the data carrier (CD / DVD / Flash Drive), in AutoPlay and in "My Computer" the icon chosen by us will appear.

This is how the icon of a USB Drive (Removable Disk) before and after this tutorial:

Before:

After I added files Ico si autorun.inf :

For download thumbnail format. ICO recommend www.iconspedia.com.

This method is valid for most sites data storage device (the External HDD, phone card, up to CD / DVDS) operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista si Windows 7 (All versions).

Stealth Settings - Put custom icons on CDs / DVDs and data storage drives (USB Flash Drive & External HDD).