![]() ![]() My idea for hiding my files was by creating a new secret hard drive. How to create a secret drive (aka unmounted disk drive) If you open your computer explorer you will see the same set of two hard disk drives there also as shown below: I've also got 106.45 GB of unallocated space which is not part of any hard disk drive. It shows that my computer has got two hard disk drives with drive letters C:/ and D:/ respectively. Step 2: Click OK button to open disk management console as shown below. Step 1: Press + R to open run prompt and type "diskmgmt.msc" in Open text box You can start it by typing "diskmgmt.msc" command from run prompt and it will open the current state of all the disk drives on your computer as shown below: Using Disk Management Consoleĭisk management console is a Microsoft tool which comes by default with any installation of Windows operating system. So I tried this idea of using unmounted hard disk drives in windows. Even while using that setting of hidden files and folders the view is very irritating and you also have to change the setting every time to show/unshow the hidden files and folders. And trust me for one thing, every Tom, Dick and Harry knows the concept of hidden files and folders including kids and anyone can get to know about that option today or tomorrow. So I finally decided to work out a hack for general safety of my files and directories. Although they have separate user account on my computer but still they have access to all the hard disk drives where my files are kept. and then they do all the mess like deleting and modifying the files. The problem I was facing at my home computer was the fact that it was a shared computer with my kids and they will often land into my directories having my office (related to professional work) documents etc. We all have computers at home and we have many confidential or important information as well kept on the computer. You can also use it for any user who is from non-computer background or anyone who doesn't know a lot about Windows internals of hard drives, partitioning, mounting etc. A very simple way to safeguard your documents from access, accidental deletes or modifications from other users who are using your computer specially kids. ![]()
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