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In today's post, i am writing about the hack "Hiding Hard Drives for security & Privacy".
There are many people who hates when someone explores their drives.
Don't worry...this tutorial will solve your problem :)
With this hack, you can hide any drive which you want.
With this hack, you can hide any drive which you want.
This is a great trick you can play on your friends.
Go to start>run and Type regedit.
Now go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
If Explorer is not there in the Policies, then create that by right clicking>new>key and name that to Explorer.
If Explorer is not there in the Policies, then create that by right clicking>new>key and name that to Explorer.
Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives (it is case sensitive).
Make sure that Explorer is selected.
Now the value to be stored in NoDrives depends on the drives to hide.
Specific value is present for the corresponding drive.
A: 1,
B: 2,
C: 4,
D: 8,
E: 16,
F: 32,
G: 64,
H: 128,
I: 256,
J: 512,
K: 1024,
ALL: 67108863
(i am providing drive values upto letter k)
Make sure that Explorer is selected.
Now the value to be stored in NoDrives depends on the drives to hide.
Specific value is present for the corresponding drive.
A: 1,
B: 2,
C: 4,
D: 8,
E: 16,
F: 32,
G: 64,
H: 128,
I: 256,
J: 512,
K: 1024,
ALL: 67108863
(i am providing drive values upto letter k)
Now follow the above value table.
Just add the values corresponding to the drives you want to hide.(let the sum be x)
For e.g. you want to hide the drives D,E,F; then x=8+16+32=56
NOTE: To hide all drives, modify the value to 67108863.
Then modify the NoDrives value with the x ( as shown below).
That's all...It will look like in the figure shown below.
Now restart or log off your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, things will go your way :)
Just add the values corresponding to the drives you want to hide.(let the sum be x)
For e.g. you want to hide the drives D,E,F; then x=8+16+32=56
NOTE: To hide all drives, modify the value to 67108863.
Then modify the NoDrives value with the x ( as shown below).
REMEMBER: While modifying the value, make sure radio button corresponding to DECIMAL notation is selected; NOT HEXADECIMAL.
That's all...It will look like in the figure shown below.
To enable display of all drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item (NoDrives) that you created (as shown below).
You can now see all the drives again.
Cool!!! Isn't it ?
Let me tell you...there is more options to hide the drives like through Disk Management etc.
But its enough for now..i will post other methods also later.
Now, go and play this trick with your friends ;)
Soon i will come up with more interesting tricks.
Let me tell you...there is more options to hide the drives like through Disk Management etc.
But its enough for now..i will post other methods also later.
Now, go and play this trick with your friends ;)
Soon i will come up with more interesting tricks.
For Now!!! have a good day :)
Take Care
