Thursday 2 January 2014

Trick To Hide & Lock Specific Hard Disk Drives In Windows

Did you know you can secure the information on the hard disk drives by Hiding and Locking them. In Windows, follow these steps to do that

Step 1:- Goto "Run" command box from "Start" Button or simply use "Ctrl + R" shortcut.

Step 2:- Enter "gpedit.msc" and press "Enter" or "Ok" Button.



Step 3:- By this "Group Policy" window will appear, expand all of them "User Configuration" -> "Administrator Templates" -> "Windows Component" -> Click on "Windows Explorer"





Step 4:- Search for "Hide Specific Drives in My Computer" and click on it, a windows popup will appear. Select "Enabled" and choose the drive(s) you want to hide, click on "apply" and "ok" buttons.



Step 5:-  Search for "Prevent access to drives in My Computer" and click on it, a windows popup will appear. Repeat the process for selecting drives in step 4.



Step 6:- Close the "Group Policy" Window.



Step 7:- Restart your System to take effect.



As you can see that "D Drive" is hidden.

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