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Hidding a partition on xp

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by djfrankn

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I partitioned a 300 Gb HDD in two and formatted both partition with WInXP Pro.
I'm wondering if it's possible to hide one partition form another when you are logged onto one of the partitions.
For example: If I'm logged on partition D:\, Is it possible that I can hide partition C:\ or at least lock it so nobody can change any files of C:\ while is logged on D:\ and viceversa?

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by rob miners

I haven't tested it on a Dual Boot but if XP is picking up those Drive Letters it should work. I just hid a Shared Drive on a Workstation.

Start, Run and type in Regedt32 and press Enter.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
Right click on Explorer, and select New, DWORD value.
Name the value NoDrives.
Right click and select modify to the Edit DWORD Value.
Using the list below, type a number that corresponds to the drive you want to hide in the Value Data text box, and click OK.

Example:
A: = 1
B: = 2
C: = 4
D: = 8
E: = 16
F: = 32

Close the Registry Editor.

You must restart the PC or log out of Windows XP for the changes to register.

You can hide other drive letters that by doubling the number for each successive drive. For example, drive G: would have a value of 64.

To hide consecutive or multiple drives add the values of the drives together. To hide drives D: and E: Add their value which equals 24 as the DWORD Value.

Backup your Registry before making any changes.

by nepenthe0

I've been intending to polish up my hexadecimal knowledge, ever since the [i]quiz[/i] (I declined to participate, having forgotten all of it).

Yours is the clearest explanation I've yet seen. I always learn something from True Blue...

Rick/Portland, OR

by rob miners

I tried the quiz. Amazing how much you can forget but it all comes back with a calculator. ;)

by nepenthe0

Check out this free utility from Microsoft:

http://tinyurl.com/ytknan

Rick/Portland, OR

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