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Old 08-06-2006, 09:10 AM   #1
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How To Hide Drives In Windows XP(Trick)

This is inofficial Method of Win Xp. ( But very HelpFull and 100 % safe )

If u r having any material like , important docs and u r afraid about it ,don't worry windows XP provides a utility by which u can hide urs one or more drives .
This utility having lots of function but i m giving u one of them.


1. Go to Control Panel

2. Open Administrative tools

3. Open Computer Management

4 Then Select Storage > Disk Management

5. In the right window it'll show u all the drives in your HDD

6. Right click drive u want to hide & choose "Change Drive Letter and Paths.. " from the list

7. A new window will open showing u current drive letter..

8. Simply click "Remove" button & click "Yes" in the confirmatin message.

Thats all!!

To make visible any hidden drive... :

follow steps 1 - 7

8. Simply click "Add" button & select the letter you want for drive!

This is really very usefull !
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Old 08-06-2006, 05:37 PM   #2
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That is pretty cool, but I'm going to stick with disk encyption. :p
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Old 08-08-2006, 11:32 PM   #3
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neat trick, thanks.
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Thanx .... i really like this tweak myself !
I use it many times as most of the pc users don't know about it.

I use it for generally hiding my games etc, from few people who love to delete my games ...lolz

Thanx once again !
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