HIDE YOUR ENTIRE HARD DRIVE
Here
is a very simple three-step workshop which illustrates how you can hide
your data from prying eyes by just hiding an entire drive or partition
in My Computer.
What
do you do when loads of data on your computer needs to be cleverly
hidden away from inquisitive family members or office colleagues?
Software such as folder lockers, encryption utilities and others do a
decent job, but is a costly method and leaves traces. We will show you a
simple trick with which you can hide your data easily from others. This
trick is very simple works against casual snoopers, but will not
prevent a skilled spy from finding it! To do it, all you need is a
separate partition to store all the data you want to hide.
Step 2: Now
let’s assume that you have your sensitive data on drive ‘D’ and want to
prevent it from showing up in the Windows Explorer. To do this you need
to start the Group Policy Editor utility. Click ‘Start | Run’ and type
‘Gpedit.msc’ and press [Enter]. Here scroll down to ‘User Configuration |
Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Explorer’ on
the left pane. Double-click on the ‘Hide these specified drives in My
Computer’ on the right pane. In the following window, select ‘Enabled’
and choose the ‘D’ drive from the drop down list under ‘Options’. Apply
the settings and exit.
Step 3: The
drive letter ‘D’ is now hidden from Windows Explorer. In order to
access this drive in future, all you need is to enter ‘D:’ in the ‘Start
| Run...’ dialog box nor in the address bar of Windows Explorer. Your
drive will be accessible for your work since only you know it exists.
Note: This
is not a fool-proof method and the hidden drive can even be targeted by
viruses. Also, remember that this is not an encrypted partition. The
lists of recently opened files in each program can also expose the
hidden drive's existence. Use a utility such as Ccleaner or Window
Washer to wipe out these tracks.
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