Possible to "hide" a disk drive???

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Scott

Does anyone know if there is a way that I can "hide" or
make private a whole hard drive while "sharing" my
computer with, say, family members and/or friends? In
other words, I installed a hard drive for extra space,
etc...and I would like to have it where only I can
see/have access to it. Is this possible?

Thanks,

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Scott said:
Does anyone know if there is a way that I can "hide" or
make private a whole hard drive while "sharing" my
computer with, say, family members and/or friends? In
other words, I installed a hard drive for extra space,
etc...and I would like to have it where only I can
see/have access to it. Is this possible?

Thanks,

(e-mail address removed)
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If they are all Admins - not really.
If you are the only administrator or you have an administrative account and
no one else knows the password.. AND you formatted with NTFS.. Yeah..

Use NTFS file/folder permissions.
 
Hi Scott,

This will work as long as the drive you are trying to hide is NOT the drive
that windows has been installed on.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 308418
HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows
XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

NOTE: To set permissions your hard drive must use a NTFS File System. If it
does not, Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 307881
HOW TO: Convert a FAT16 or FAT32 Volume to NTFS in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881
 
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