How to hide a disk drive in windows 10

Security is always something that worries users. We have a huge amount of files on our computer. Among them there are always files that we do not want to be visible to anyone who can access our computer.

How to hide a disk drive in Windows 10

Although Windows 10 itself offers us the option of being able to hide files or folders, there are no guarantees in this regard. We do not know if it is possible for someone else to access them. There are also other methods such as assigning passwords to some files, or the ability to encrypt them. They are methods that can work and be very useful. But today we present you another way to hide a disk drive. In such a way that nobody can access this unit.

This is a way that we can do without installing third-party applications. Although it is necessary to make a partition of the disk, so it is necessary that you know how to do that before you can start with this process. On the contrary it will be somewhat complex and you have a greater probability of making mistakes. But if you know how to make disk partitions, it will not be too complex. Now we explain the steps to follow in detail

Steps to follow

diskpart select volume 3 remove letter D

First you have to create a partition on the disk. We assign a letter to that unit and save all those files that we do not want to fall into the hands of anyone in it. If we have already done that, we can move forward. You have to open a command prompt window that has administrator permissions. On the command line we must type Diskpart and press Enter.

Once we have done this, we have to run the list volume command. You will see that a list is shown with all the available disk drives. Next to them the assigned letter and also its assigned size or volume. Generally we have to observe the volume number to correctly identify the unit that we want to hide.

The next step is to write the select volume N command. Why N? It is the volume number of the unit that we want to hide. In general, then a message usually appears telling us that this step has been carried out correctly. A good way to know that we have not made a mistake. Now that everything is ready, we write the command remove letter X. The X is the letter assigned to the unit we have created. In this way the unit will be hidden. We cannot find it by searching the file explorer.

Considerations

Although the drive will not be visible from Windows 10's file explorer, it does not mean that you cannot find it. If you use the command line or the Windows disk manager you will be able to find it with relative ease. So there is always some way in case you want to control what is still there.

In case you want to make this unit visible again, it is not complicated. Go back to Diskpart, select the volume of the drive and you have to launch the command assign letter X. This will make the unit visible again.

This is a method that you can use to hide a drive in Windows 10. It can be somewhat more complex, although you guarantee that the unit will be hidden from anyone else who will use your computer, so you have that peace of mind. Following the steps little by little is not so complicated. And if you have any questions you can always share them in the comments section with us. Have you ever used this method to hide a unit? What do you think? Are you going to use it?