Windows Tips
For example there are Drive C: and Drive D: in your computer, and for some reason you don’t want other people to see Drive D : when open the windows Explorer because its contain your personal data.
It is possible to hide a hard drive letter in windows operating system. However, this will not prevent you from access files from it manually for example directly to typing "D:" . but I thinks this tips still useful because other people doesn’t know you have drive D in your computer :)
Follow the instruction below to hide Hard Drive letter in windows operating system:
Hide Drive letter in Microsoft Window XP
1. Go to Start->Run and type “regedit”
2. Browse to the following registry :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Then, right click on the white space in the right hand side and select New -> DWORD Value Type “NoDrives”
4. Double click on "NoDrives" to enter a Decimal value. This value depends on the drives you wish to hide. Click OK once you have entered this number.
For example,
- To hide drive D enter a decimal value 8.
- To hide drive E enter a decimal value 16
- To hide both drives enter decimal value 24 ( decimal value 24 come from 8 +16)
Below is Value to hide the drive:
A = 1
B = 2
C = 4
D = 8
E = 16
F = 32
G = 64
H = 128
I = 256
J = 512
K = 1024
L = 2048
M = 4096
N = 8192
O = 16384
P = 32768
Q = 65536
R = 131072
S = 262144
T = 524288
U = 1048576
V = 2097152
W = 4194304
X = 8388608
Y =16777216
Z = 33554432
All drives = 67108863
Once you restart your computer, the selected drives should be hidden. If you wish to remove the hidden drives, browse to the NoDrives registry value and enter the value 0 or if you want to make a simple just delete it.
Hide Drive letter in Microsoft Window Vista
1. Press WINDOWS KEY + R and type “regedit”
2. Browse to the following registry :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Then, right click on the white space in the right hand side and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value Type “NoDrives”
4. Double click on "NoDrives" to enter a Decimal value. This value depends on the drives you wish to hide. Click OK once you have entered this number. (please see the value when I write hide drive in windows XP above)
Once you restart your computer, the selected drives should be hidden. If you wish to remove the hidden drives, browse to the NoDrives registry value and enter the value 0 or if you want to make a simple just delete it.
Note : Before modify the registry, its recommended to backup your registry first
For example there are Drive C: and Drive D: in your computer, and for some reason you don’t want other people to see Drive D : when open the windows Explorer because its contain your personal data.
It is possible to hide a hard drive letter in windows operating system. However, this will not prevent you from access files from it manually for example directly to typing "D:" . but I thinks this tips still useful because other people doesn’t know you have drive D in your computer :)
Follow the instruction below to hide Hard Drive letter in windows operating system:
Hide Drive letter in Microsoft Window XP
1. Go to Start->Run and type “regedit”
2. Browse to the following registry :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Then, right click on the white space in the right hand side and select New -> DWORD Value Type “NoDrives”
4. Double click on "NoDrives" to enter a Decimal value. This value depends on the drives you wish to hide. Click OK once you have entered this number.
For example,
- To hide drive D enter a decimal value 8.
- To hide drive E enter a decimal value 16
- To hide both drives enter decimal value 24 ( decimal value 24 come from 8 +16)
Below is Value to hide the drive:
A = 1
B = 2
C = 4
D = 8
E = 16
F = 32
G = 64
H = 128
I = 256
J = 512
K = 1024
L = 2048
M = 4096
N = 8192
O = 16384
P = 32768
Q = 65536
R = 131072
S = 262144
T = 524288
U = 1048576
V = 2097152
W = 4194304
X = 8388608
Y =16777216
Z = 33554432
All drives = 67108863
Once you restart your computer, the selected drives should be hidden. If you wish to remove the hidden drives, browse to the NoDrives registry value and enter the value 0 or if you want to make a simple just delete it.
Hide Drive letter in Microsoft Window Vista
1. Press WINDOWS KEY + R and type “regedit”
2. Browse to the following registry :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Then, right click on the white space in the right hand side and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value Type “NoDrives”
4. Double click on "NoDrives" to enter a Decimal value. This value depends on the drives you wish to hide. Click OK once you have entered this number. (please see the value when I write hide drive in windows XP above)
Once you restart your computer, the selected drives should be hidden. If you wish to remove the hidden drives, browse to the NoDrives registry value and enter the value 0 or if you want to make a simple just delete it.
Note : Before modify the registry, its recommended to backup your registry first
