System 7 provides facilities for color icons for files and for disks. Through an inexplicable oversight, Apple forgot to make the icons for floppy disks display in color. Furthermore, hard disks usually have icons created by their manufacturer without provision for color icons.
The documents included in the Disk Icons folder will allow you to replace the black & white icon for your hard disk with color icons. You can also make floppies display in color.
Using Disk Icons
To customize the icon for a disk, first, from the Finder, select the disk icon file with the icon you prefer. Next press Command-I (or select Get Info from the File Menu. The Get Info Box will be displayed. Click on the icon in the upper left corner to select it. Press Command-C or select copy. This copies the icon suite of the disk icon file onto the clipboard.
Now you can copy the icon to the hard disk or floppy you want. Click once on the disk to copy to in order to select it. Use the Get Info command to display the Get Info Box, and click once on the disk’s icon to select it. Press Command-V or select Paste to past the icon suite into the disk’s desktop.
That’s it— your disk will now show your beautiful new disk icon.
Happy upgrading!
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