How to Hide Drives and Partitions in Windows 10

This video will show you how to Hide Drives and Partitions in Windows 10.



1. Start by pressing the Windows + R key and typing in regedit.



2a. (For every user) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies



2b. (For the user you are signed in as) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies



3. Right click on Polices and create a new key and name it Explorer.



4. Right click on Explorer and create a new DWORD 32bit Value named NoDrives



5. Add a value to this box, to hide C drive it will be 4



6. Now restart the PC or restart the task explorer.exe and your drive will now be hidden



7. To open the hidden drive/partition press the Windows + R key and type the drive letter followed by a colon (eg. A:)



All Drive Letter Values:

A: 1

B: 2

C: 4

D: 8

E: 16

F: 32

G: 64

H: 128

I: 256

J: 512

K: 1024

L: 2048

M: 4096

N: 8192

O: 16384

P: 32768

Q: 65536

R: 131072

S: 262144

T: 524288

U: 1048576

V: 2097152

W: 4194304

X: 8388608

Y: 16777216

Z: 33554432

ALL: 67108863



I am not responsible for anything that happens on your machine and these tutorials are to be used at your own risk. If in doubt contact an IT professional.