{"id":1317,"date":"2008-05-22T14:43:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T06:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2021-08-18T15:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T07:14:29","slug":"how-to-hide-confidential-hard-disk-drive-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/how-to-hide-confidential-hard-disk-drive-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Hide Confidential Hard Disk Drive In Windows With TweakUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can reach the purpose of protecting some private files by hiding a certain folder. But what if we have 1000 confidential folders in a hard drive? It would probably take us a whole day to browse, select and hide it one by one. In order to get through with these tedious works yet have our files remain hidden, we can play a little tricks to hide <strong>confidential hard drive in Windows<\/strong> with a few clicks.<\/p>\n<p>One of Microsoft\u2019s PowerToy \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Tweak-UI\/3000-2072_4-10002117.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TweakUI<\/strong><\/a>, gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface and alter most of the routine behaviors of Windows XP.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>How TweakUl Works<\/h2>\n<p>Download, install and run TweakUI in your computer. Then, go to \u201c<em>My Computer \u2013 Drives<\/em>\u201c, uncheck the drive that you want it to be invisible and click \u201cApply\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/internet_security\/146d6tweak-ui-16.png\" alt=\"Tweak UI \" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p>A hard disk drives will be disappeared immediately after the command is applied.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/internet_security\/146d6tweak-ui-2.png\" alt=\"Tweak UI\"><\/p>\n<p>To quick access your hidden drive, type in the drive letter in address bar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/internet_security\/146d6tweak-ui-32.png\" alt=\"Tweak UI\" width=\"380\" height=\"268\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can reach the purpose of protecting some private files by hiding a certain folder. But what if we have 1000 confidential folders in a hard drive? It would probably take us a whole day to browse, select and hide it one by one. In order to get through with these tedious works yet have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3397],"tags":[171,4601],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hide Confidential Hard Disk Drive In Windows With TweakUI - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We can reach the purpose of protecting some private files by hiding a certain folder. But what if we have 1000 confidential folders in a hard drive? 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