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    Hiding Partitions and Making it inaccessible

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by jetuaime81, Jul 31, 2008.

  1. jetuaime81

    jetuaime81 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi..I have vista in c: , xp in d: , and a Data e: partiotion....I have 2 questions

    -- how do i make d: completely inaccessible (absolutely no way to access) when i'm in vista and vice versa

    --how do u make a partition read only (absolutely no way to copy or delete data from the drive).

    Thnx in advace for the replies...cheers
     
    jetuaime81, Jul 31, 2008
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  2. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Why would you want to do that?
     
    Shyster1, Jul 31, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    You could assign yourself special permissions....

    But it won't help you hide the partition..!!
     
    Andy, Jul 31, 2008
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You can use Acronis Disk Director to hide partitions, if that's what you really want to do. In conjunction with setting the appropriate account permissions, that might accomplish what you want, although you still might not be able to restrict the account permissions for the System user.
     
    Shyster1, Jul 31, 2008
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Boot IT NG ( http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm) is a partition management and boot manager tool that will allow you to hide partitions when booting to a particular OS. I have an older IBM laptop we use for demos. It has six partitions across two drives and three different operating systems installed. The boot configurstion is set up to hide all of the OS partitions from each other and share some of the datsa partions in various combinations. It is reall powerful although a bit cryptic to use. Once you master it though, it does a GREAT job.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Jul 31, 2008
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  6. jetuaime81

    jetuaime81 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys thnx for d replies...y i wana do it..its for my desktop @ home like my bros share it..so i gota hide sumthings..lol...
    n thanx gary but i was hoping for an answer in resgitery editing...hiding partitions can be done i guess by giving a NoDrive sumwher in registery..its on d net but its not comnplete...it jus hides in explorer...i will try that software mayb later but i wud love to hav a way not involving cash lol...

    edited*> n ne idea nebody...for makin files read only...hey andy, wats dat special permissions thing...

    peace
     
    jetuaime81, Jul 31, 2008
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  7. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Please stop with the leet speak. The convention here is to type out words completely.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Jul 31, 2008
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  8. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Get an external USB flash or hard drive instead... and keep it locked up. ;)
     
    swarmer, Jul 31, 2008
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