How to Hide Specific Hard Drive Partitions in Windows

Windows hard drive has number of attributes like volume numbers, letters, labels, filesystems, associated with it. For many reasons sometimes you need to hide hard drive partitions from specific people. So this tutorial will make your task easier.

Hide Specific Hard Drive Partitions in Windows

STEPS:

• Open Windows RUN prompt using (win+R) or in windows search box type: run.
• On Run prompt type: diskpart as shown in the figure below.

• On Diskpart prompt type: list vol 
• This will list list all the attributes associated with your filesystem.

Now select the volume which you want to remove:
syntax:    DISKPART> select vol vol_no

• Finally remove the letter associated with volume you have selected.
• syntax: DISKPART> remove letter e

Enjoy!!! you have successfully hide your windows partition.

To get back hidden drive:

• Again open diskpart prompt select the drive you removed.
• DISKPART>select vol 4

• Finally, assign the drive letter, or you can assign any letter which is not in use by your drives.
• DISKPART>assign letter e

Enjoy, drive is mounted successfully.