Monday 16 May 2011

Hide any system Drive using command prompt

Sometimes you really would rather hide one of your drives than share it with people, or something like that. Yes, there are softwares that do this function but what if I said that I could save you that space and you could do it manually using the Command prompt.

Hide Any System Drive Using Command Prompt

How To Hide A Drive Using Command Prompt

1. Go to Start Menu > All Programs >Accessories > Command prompt.
2. Type Diskpart and hit enter. If an UAC (User Account Control) dialog-box prompt occurs, then click Yes.
3. Next, type List Volume and hit enter, this will produce the list of all drives on your computer.
 
 
Hide Any System Drive Using Command Prompt

4. Next type Select Volume X where ‘X’ is the letter of the drive you want to hide.
5. Next, type Remove Letter X to hide the drive X.
Thats it! Now your drive is hidden. Go and check it out!

How To Unhide the Drive

1. Follow the first 4 steps as above.
2. To unhide the drive, type Assign Letter X where X is the letter of the drive you previously hid.
Thats it!

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-Ronak Pandya
 

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