Hide Hard Disk from Other Users

When you need to secure your important data from other users, there are so many choice over there like folder protect, hide folder and much more. But imagine if your data size is more than 100 GB, it may not be easy to burn it on a CD or protect it. You can hide your drives without any Registry Edit.


1. Log on as Administrator

2. Click on Start button then click on Run > Type CMD

3. Now type diskpart at the command prompt and wait for 5 seconds to appear diskpart> utility.

4. To display the list of volume, type list volume

Command after the diskpart> prompt. This command will show you all system drives detail.

5. Now, select the volume that you want to hide.

If you want to hide F drive then first type select volume 2 (in this case) and hit enter button.

6. After selecting the volume, type Remove letter F (in this case) to hide F drive.

7. DONE. Now you hide your drive successfully. To verify, go to My Computer and check drives.

8. When you want to unhide the F drive for the next time, just type assign letter F command after loading volume 2.

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