1) Insert the Power Computing CD that came with your computer. Click once on the Power CD icon so that it is highlighted (darkened). From the file menu select "Get Info." This will open a window in the upper left hand corner of your screen titled "Power CD Info." In this window, click once on the Power Computing icon in the upper left hand corner. If this is done correctly, the Power Computing Icon will have a black square around it. Now Choose "Copy" from the Edit menu.
2) Close the "Power CD Info" window.
3) Click once on your hard drive icon so that it is highlighted (darkened). From the File menu select "Get Info." This will open an info window similar to the previous info window for the Power CD. Click once on the hard drive icon in this window, it should now have a black square around it. From the Edit menu, select "Paste." Now close the info window. Your hard drive should now have the Power Computing logo on it.
Any icon can be cut and pasted to any item in this way.
How do I delete a custom icon and revert it to it's normal icon?
1) Highlight the icon in the finder.
2) Select "Get Info" from the File menu.
3) Select the icon in the Get Info window and push the Delete key on your keyboard. It should now revert to it's original icon (unless it is a locked folder or disk).
Note: There are circumstances in which this cannot be done. The main one being if the disk or folder is locked (like a CD or a locked floppy disk). If the disk or folder is locked, an icon cannot be pasted onto it. The other reason is very rare. If the custom icon currently pasted is corrupted, then another icon cannot be pasted over it. To fix this, use ResEdit to make the file "Icon" at the root level of the disk or folder (this isn't true for files with pasted icons, these icons are written to the file's resource fork) visible and trash it. Then restart and the icon will revert to it's generic form.
Machines Affected: All