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How to Hide and Lock Any Disk Drive Partions

Here is a post how to hide a disk Drive into my computer here is the steps just follow them :-

Step 1 :- Click on the "Start" button. Go to "Run", type "gpedit.msc" and press enter.

Step 2 :- Wait for the "Group Policy" window to appear. Click on the "+" button beside User Configuration then click on the "+" button beside "Administrative Templates". Then click the "+" button beside "Windows Components" and then click "Windows Explorer".

Step 3 :- Search for "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" in the options that appear in the right column of the window. Double click it, enable it and choose the drive(s) you want to hide.

Step 4 :- Search for "Prevent access to drives from My Computer". Double click it and repeat the previous step if you want to stop accessing any drive by "command" (e.g, by typing "C:" in the address bar or "Run").

step 5:- Close the group policy window.

step 6 :- Restart your computer for changes to take effect.


Tips : -

·         You can change any one of the options from "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" or "Prevent access to drives from My Computer". Just choose the option best matching your needs.

·         If you only want to hide the hard disk drives from "My Computer" and still want to access them via "Windows Explorer"; use the "Hide these specific drives in My Computer" option.

·         If you don't want to hide the hard disk drive, but only want to stop accessing them; then use the "Prevent access to drives from My Computer" option.