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**bakuryu** · 13-06-2008, 02:03 AM

there is no such command, unless you use a script that does the changes. The script will either have to disable it from device manager or from registry.

Risum · 10-07-2008, 01:32 AM

it was posted earlier in the stuffs but i cant get it.
don't you know by removing the drive letter

**bakuryu** · 10-07-2008, 02:13 PM

You can hide them from My Computer as I posted before. You can even use Partition Managers to hide partitions, but there's no single command utility in Windows to do that.

**1mAn3rd** · 11-07-2008, 09:00 AM

Hmm, via My Computer? Never heard that way. Risum, as baku said, there is no way to do it directly from the command line. You need to have a pre-written program for the easiest way. If there is possibly a good command line code, that I could whip up a Ruby program and compile an EXE. First, it would ask the drive letter, then it does the rest. But I'm sure that there is no command line way of doing this. The registry would be the best way, although I've never heard this My Computer way. I'm sure baku could make you a .reg file that will insert the commands into the registry.

**bakuryu** · 11-07-2008, 01:25 PM

Quote:

You can hide them from My Computer

What I meant there was the drives hidden by the registry patch will not be visible in My Computer (drives are hidden from My Computer) but can be accessed from command prompt.

**1mAn3rd** · 12-07-2008, 01:53 AM

Oooo, I thought you meant hide via My computer

Silly me

Risum · 14-07-2008, 12:57 AM

no guys the drive can be hide from cmd also by removing the drive letter of drive d usin remove letter d.
but i forget the code how to list the drives.
if you know how to list the drives thru cmd post it.

**bakuryu** · 14-07-2008, 01:36 AM

Quote:

no guys the drive can be hide from cmd also by removing the drive letter of drive d usin remove letter d.
but i forget the code how to list the drives.
if you know how to list the drives thru cmd post it.

You can use VBScript for that. See the sample code here : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...5/hey0122.mspx

Code:

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk")

For Each objDisk in colDisks
    Wscript.Echo objDisk.DeviceID
Next

However there is still no built in utility to remove drive letters.

13-06-2008, 02:03 AM	#11
bakuryu ƒ(ψ)=Θº×φ Join Date: May 2006 Location: India Age: 22 Posts: 4,786 Thanks: 12 Thanked 369 Times in 340 Posts Rep Power: 66	Re: hide drive there is no such command, unless you use a script that does the changes. The script will either have to disable it from device manager or from registry. __________________ Please don't click here

10-07-2008, 01:32 AM	#12
Risum Junior Member (25+) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: kathmandu Posts: 54 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: hide drive it was posted earlier in the stuffs but i cant get it. don't you know by removing the drive letter

11-07-2008, 09:00 AM	#14
1mAn3rd News Reporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Guilford CT, United States Posts: 359 Thanks: 22 Thanked 15 Times in 17 Posts Rep Power: 4	Re: hide drive Hmm, via My Computer? Never heard that way. Risum, as baku said, there is no way to do it directly from the command line. You need to have a pre-written program for the easiest way. If there is possibly a good command line code, that I could whip up a Ruby program and compile an EXE. First, it would ask the drive letter, then it does the rest. But I'm sure that there is no command line way of doing this. The registry would be the best way, although I've never heard this My Computer way. I'm sure baku could make you a .reg file that will insert the commands into the registry. __________________ --1mAn3rd

12-07-2008, 01:53 AM	#16
1mAn3rd News Reporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Guilford CT, United States Posts: 359 Thanks: 22 Thanked 15 Times in 17 Posts Rep Power: 4	Re: hide drive Oooo, I thought you meant hide via My computer Silly me __________________ --1mAn3rd

14-07-2008, 12:57 AM	#17
Risum Junior Member (25+) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: kathmandu Posts: 54 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: hide drive no guys the drive can be hide from cmd also by removing the drive letter of drive d usin remove letter d. but i forget the code how to list the drives. if you know how to list the drives thru cmd post it.

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