Posted by pranav

How to Hide specific Drives[/u]

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* Go to Regedit
* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer
* Right click on the Explorer folder and select New > DWORD Value.
Name the registry NoDrives.
* Double click on NoDrives which is in the right page.
In the DWORD Value window, select Decimal.

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*In this case I want to hide drive D, so I must fill 8 in Value data. The number you filled varies with drive you want it to be hidden. If you want to hide the other drives, you must put the drive-related number like below,

[blue]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 drive=67108863

For example, I can hide drive J only if I put the number 512 under selecting Decimal. What to do in case I prefer to hide more than one drive ? That is easy just plus the numbers. To illustrate, I want to hide drive C and E so I put the result number of 4 plus 16 that is 20.

[olive]* Click OK button and close the Registry Editor program.
* Log off and Log on your computer. Finish !

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