How: Hide Windows 7 Partition

Hiding windows 7 partition is not a difficult task, through this article and column you can know how to hide windows 7 partition perfectly. You might be thinking that why you should hide a drive or hide folder in your PC however it is not being access by any other person. The answer in my opinion is that everyone has some personals which he/she does not want to share with any other person. Suppose, you have been ask to give your PC password to your guest, friend or relative and you have not created any guest account so you need such windows 7 partition which carries your personal secure data and information.

On the other hand this article and column is very essential for corporate as well because they carry such important and risky data which they don't want to share with anyone. I agree that password and different softwares and apps are playing special role in this regard. They hide your data in such way that it is enough secured but again when your OS is giving you such opportunity to hide windows 7 partition by following 7 easy steps, then why should go for an app or spent a single penny for any software?

Also, some poeple are roaming and finding those tricky friends who help them in giving such tricks and tips. In return they have to pay something to them in shape of their favorite watch, Ipod, Gaming Mouse, or whatever your tricky friend like to have. Now, the following steps related with windows 7 partition help are going to safe your precious things (ipod, Watches, wireless headphones, etc.) and let you to have hidden folder and drive in windows 7 partition, you have created.

All answer and queries which you were carrying in your mind like, "I have important files stored on a disk drive (disk partition) that I don't want tampered with or easily accessible to other users. Can I hide them?"

Windows 7 released by Microsoft Corporation who cares alot for its customers, allows you to safe your partition from being access by any unauthorized person.

So, here are the steps how you will play with windows 7 partition:

STEP 1:

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools and double click Computer Management. 

STEP 2:

On the left side browse to Storage -> Disk Management.

STEP 3:

Here you will see all your partitions and disk drives.

STEP4:

Right click the one you want to hide and select Change Drive Letter and Paths...


STEP 5:

Select Remove to erase the letter assigned to that drive and therefore to hide it.


STEP 6:

The changes will take effect immediately. Don’t worry, your data will remain the same.


STEP 7:

Now if you want to unhide the drive, just repeat the process. But in 5th step, click on the Add... button in order to assign a letter for the drive so that Windows Explorer will recognize it.


Note: "Hiding such windows 7 partition that carries destructive or unethical data and information is legally as well as ethically wrong and should be avoided."

Article By:
Fareed Arshad

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