Saturday, October 23, 2010

Hide Drive Partitions in All Windows Version

Here is a simple way to hide and unhide Disk Drive Partitions from My Computer in any version of windows. This deosn't work with Windows OS that cannot support NTFS.
How to hide a partition in Windows?

  • Right-Click on My Computer [Computer in Windows Vista and Windows 7]
  • Click on Manage
  • From the list of options Click on Disk Management that will be located in the left-bottom section
  • All your hard disk and its partitions will be show in the right hand side
  • Right-Click on the partition that you want to hide and select "Change Drive Letters and Path"
  • Click on "Remove" and click "Yes"
  • Your drive will now be hidden in my computer

To unhide the drive :
  • Go to Disk Management Right-Click on the hidden partition [there will not be a drive letter on the hidden drive] again select "Change Drive Letters and Path"
  • Click on add and select an appropriate drive letter.
  • Click Ok
  • Now the drive is unhided.

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