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Hiding partitions [Or otherwise having partitions NOT appear in My Computer)
Hi. You can hide partitions. AFAIK, this is cosmetic, inasmuch as the PC
can access hidden partitions and files in hidden partitions. It's just that the user of the PC cannot see them. Okay, now I've got BootMagic installed in the first 50Mb of my HDD. It's N: I want this partition to be hidden. I hide it with PartionMagic, which calls for a reboot. PC reboots and I see the BootMagic window. P.M. hides N:. Then PC boot again and once more I see the BootMagic window. But then (unexpectedly) I see PM doing something. This must be reversing the hiding. Because when Windows finally comes up, lo-and-behold N: is seen in My Computer. And it is the 50Mb partition. So, P.M did not hide N: Any idea if I can ever hide N:? Or otherwise not appear in My Computer? |
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Hiding partitions [Or otherwise having partitions NOT appear in My Computer)
"Richard" wrote in message ... Hi. You can hide partitions. AFAIK, this is cosmetic, inasmuch as the PC can access hidden partitions and files in hidden partitions. It's just that the user of the PC cannot see them. Okay, now I've got BootMagic installed in the first 50Mb of my HDD. It's N: I want this partition to be hidden. I hide it with PartionMagic, which calls for a reboot. PC reboots and I see the BootMagic window. P.M. hides N:. Then PC boot again and once more I see the BootMagic window. But then (unexpectedly) I see PM doing something. This must be reversing the hiding. Because when Windows finally comes up, lo-and-behold N: is seen in My Computer. And it is the 50Mb partition. So, P.M did not hide N: Any idea if I can ever hide N:? Or otherwise not appear in My Computer? Is hidding a partition in PartionMagic, the same as setting drive letter to "NONE" in Windows Disk Management? |
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Hiding partitions [Or otherwise having partitions NOT appear in My Computer)
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Is hidding a partition in PartionMagic, the same as setting drive letter to "NONE" in Windows Disk Management? Unless you indicate at some point to PM where is (are) your copy(ies) of the registry (System hive), I guess no (for basic MBR disks, that is, the common case.) Antoine |
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Hiding partitions [Or otherwise having partitions NOT appear in My Computer)
"Richard" wrote:
Hi. You can hide partitions. AFAIK, this is cosmetic, inasmuch as the PC can access hidden partitions and files in hidden partitions. It's just that the user of the PC cannot see them. Okay, now I've got BootMagic installed in the first 50Mb of my HDD. It's N: I want this partition to be hidden. I hide it with PartionMagic, which calls for a reboot. PC reboots and I see the BootMagic window. P.M. hides N:. Then PC boot again and once more I see the BootMagic window. But then (unexpectedly) I see PM doing something. This must be reversing the hiding. Because when Windows finally comes up, lo-and-behold N: is seen in My Computer. And it is the 50Mb partition. So, P.M did not hide N: Any idea if I can ever hide N:? Or otherwise not appear in My Computer? Try Microsoft's Tweak UI Powertoy. In its My Computer section, uncheck the letter you want hidden. |
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