HOW TO MAKE DRIVE HIDE / VISIBLE IN MY COMPUTER ?

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After installing the WINDOWS, you might want to HIDE one or more drive(s) or make them VISIBLE. Sometimes you manually have to make them VISIBLE after updating or installing newer version of windows. No need to worry though its just a simple task that hardly takes 2 or 3 minutes. I'll be explaining all the steps in detail. Even after hiding a drive you can always make them visible again whenever you want to.

We will be using DISK MANAGEMENT to this task.

" STEPS TO MARK DRIVE AS HIDDEN "

AFTER RESTARTING THE PC,

1. Click on search bar and type disk management.
"OR"
     Right click on start button and select disk management.

hidden drive
(Right click on start at the bottom left corner)

hidden drive
(Click on Disk Management)


2. Select the partition you like to hide by clicking on it.
hidden drive
(Select the drive)


3. Right click on it, and select, Change drive letter and path from the dialog box.
hidden drive
(Right click on the selected drive)


4. Click on the remove button, clicking on remove button will not delete anything.
hidden drive
(Click on remove)

5. Select YES, here you are conforming that you want to hide the partition. you might be asked to restart the PC after this step.
hidden drive
(Click on YES)

6. After restarting the PC your drive will be hidden now.




" STEPS TO MARK DRIVE AS VISIBLE "


 AFTER RESTARTING THE PC,

1. Click on search bar and type disk management.
"OR"
     Right click on start button and select disk management.

 2. Select the partition you like to make visible again by clicking on it.

 3. Right click on it, and select, Change drive letter and path from the dialog box.

 4. Click on the add button displayed there.

 5. Assign a letter to the drive and click on Ok .

 6. Restart the PC if it is not visible, process will be completed after restarting.




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