How to Hide Drives in Windows XP
If you have important files that are stored in a particular disk drive (disk partition) that you don’t want to expose it, you can hide it! Windows XP provides a utility to just that. Here is how it goes:
- Go to Start > Run > Type “diskpart”
- A dos window will appear (see below). Then type “list volume“.
- So, if you want to hide drive C, then type “select volume 2“
- Now type “remove letter C” (Note: Sometime it requires reboot.)
Diskpart will remove the letter. Windows XP is not having capabilty to identify the unkown volume.
Don’t worry, your data will remains the same. Now if you want to unhide the drive, just repeat the process. But in 4th step, instead of typing ”remove letter C”, type “assign letter C”
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Comment by gio »
hello . . .
can i ask if there’s some other way disabling or removing deepfreeze using DOS???
thanks a lot . . . !
Comment by Tunan »
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You may also use this software.
http://www.softstack.com/download/hidedrv.zip
Comment by Tunan »
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You can also try this software “Hide & Protect any drives“
http://www.softstack.com/
http://www.softstack.com/download/hidedrv.zip
Enjoy
Comment by Tunan »
From Windows XP Help & Support:
To make your folders private
Open My Computer.
Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.
Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
Double-click your user folder.
Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
Notes
To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS.
Comment by gio »
hi. . .
can i do put password on my hard drive?
i just wanted to make it private. . .
help me please. . . this site was so cool…..
thanks a lot. . .
Comment by gio »
i already hidden volume 2 but it was so happened that volume 2 was drive D.
i tried to hide volume 1 which was drive c but it doesn’t worked out…
please help me…
Comment by Matt »
After all, I think the easiest way is do a clean format and install. Backup important stuff first!