How to Hide a Drive

[Short tutorial on hiding an entire Computer Drive or partition.]






Too fast for you?

Here's my script:

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Hello!

Need to hide a Drive or partition? Follow these steps:


1. Launch the Registry Editor: START > run > Regedit


2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.


3. Right-click the Servers key > New > DWORD value.


4. Name Value 'NoDrives'


5. Open the Edit DWORD Value dialog box.


6. Enter corresponding value in 'Value Data' text box and click OK.

DRIVE DWORD VALUE
A 1
B 2
C 4
D 8
E 16

etc... Keep following the pattern, double the number for
each successive drive letter. e.g. F: would have a value of 32


Note: You must restart the system or log out of Windows XP in order for
the change to take effect.



It is possible to hide multiple drives. For this you would have to add
the values of the "hidden" drives to total the 'Value Data'
e.g. to hide A: and B: the 'Value Data would be '3'



Want to hide ALL drive letters? Hint* 2^26 = 67108864.

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