How do I hide a partition?

[Walter Donavan]

I want to create a new partition and copy a bunch of CDs to it. But I don't
want the various OS's on my three-OS system to see it because I don't want
Ad-Aware and AVG Antivirus Free to waste time checking that partition.

I have Partition Magic 8.

--
Walter Donavan
Revelation: The Seven Stages of the
Journey Back to God
www.revelation7stages.com
www.1stbooks.com/bookview/15479

 

[Willard]

I want to create a new partition and copy a bunch of CDs to it. But I don't
want the various OS's on my three-OS system to see it because I don't want
Ad-Aware and AVG Antivirus Free to waste time checking that partition.

I have Partition Magic 8.

Norton's GDISK will do it..

 

[Eric McG]

From the PM8 manual:

---quote---
Hiding and Unhiding Partitions

The Hide Partition operation lets you secure partitions against unwanted user
access. You

can perform this operation on FAT, FAT32, and NTFS partitions.

When you hide a partition, it will not be assigned a drive letter the next time
you boot

your computer.

1 Select the partition you wish to hide.

2 Click Partition . Advanced . Hide Partition (or Unhide Partition).

Unless you are running Windows NT/2000/XP, unhiding multiple primary partitions

may cause your machine to be unbootable.

The Hide Partition dialog appears, warning you that drive letters may change.

---end quote---

 

[Walter Donavan]

Thank you Eric. I didn't bother reading the manual. (blush)