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Re: Is there a simple way to hide a hard drive?

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by Cinmute, Jun 9, 2009.

  1. Cinmute

    Cinmute Guest

    If you have sensitive or important data stored on a particular disk
    drive that you don’t want anyone to see, a great way to hide it is to

    remove the drive letter assigned to a particular mounted volume. With
    Windows , you can achieve this easily using nothing more

    than the Command Prompt. Here's how:

    - Click Start -> Run (This brings up the Run dialog box)
    - Type cmd and press Enter (This brings up the Windows Command Prompt)
    - Type diskpart in the command prompt and press Enter (This launches
    the Diskpart utility within the Command Prompt window)
    - Now type list volume (This displays a list of all mounted volumes on
    your computer and their associated drive letters)

    - Using the above picture as reference, if, for example, you would like
    to hide drive E, type select volume 6
    - Now type remove letter E (Note: This sometime requires a reboot)
    Diskpart will now remove the drive letter. The drive will no longer be
    available via Windows Explorer or My Computer.

    Don’t worry though, your data remains safe!

    Now, should you want to unhide the drive and make it accessible again,
    just repeat the above process. But instead of typing remove

    letter E, type assign letter E


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  2. Camper

    Camper Guest

    "Cinmute" <Cinmute.3tizzc@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
    news:Cinmute.3tizzc@DoNotSpam.com...
    >
    > If you have sensitive or important data stored on a particular disk
    > drive that you don't want anyone to see, a great way to hide it is to
    >
    > remove the drive letter assigned to a particular mounted volume. With
    > Windows , you can achieve this easily using nothing more
    >
    > than the Command Prompt. Here's how:
    >
    > - Click Start -> Run (This brings up the Run dialog box)
    > - Type cmd and press Enter (This brings up the Windows Command Prompt)
    > - Type diskpart in the command prompt and press Enter (This launches
    > the Diskpart utility within the Command Prompt window)
    > - Now type list volume (This displays a list of all mounted volumes on
    > your computer and their associated drive letters)
    >
    > - Using the above picture as reference, if, for example, you would like
    > to hide drive E, type select volume 6
    > - Now type remove letter E (Note: This sometime requires a reboot)
    > Diskpart will now remove the drive letter. The drive will no longer be
    > available via Windows Explorer or My Computer.
    >
    > Don't worry though, your data remains safe!
    >
    > Now, should you want to unhide the drive and make it accessible again,
    > just repeat the above process. But instead of typing remove
    >
    > letter E, type assign letter E
    >
    >
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    have just told her where you hide your porn!

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