Sunday, May 25, 2014

HOW TO HIDE AND UNHIDE ANY DRIVE THROUGH COMMAND PROMPT

How to hide any drive through command prompt

Step 1 

Open command Prompt, go to Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > Command prompt

Step 2

In the Command Prompt, type Diskpart and hit enter key. If UAC (User Account Control), dialog-box prompts than click Yes.

Step 3

Then type List Volume and press enter, this will produce the list of all drives.

Step 4

Now select the drive which you want to hide, you can either do this by typing Select Volume 3 (i.e. Volume Number) or by typing Select Volume E (i.e. Drive letter) 

Step 5

To hide a drive, type Remove Letter E. Here, E is the drive letter than you want to hide. You can use any drive letter you want.


Step 6

That’s it. You are done! E drive is now hidden


How to unhide hidden drive through command prompt

Step 1

Follow the procedure mentioned in step 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Step 2

To show the hidden drive type Assign Letter E and hit enter, now you can view E: drive in explorer.

 
Step 3

That’s it. You are done! E drive is now Unhidden