How To Hide A Hard Disk Partition Using Command Prompt

There are many third party tools are there on net to hide a partition. But, Windows have a powerful option to hide a partition rather than any other tools. We just use command prompt (DOS) to perform this operation. Just do the following steps…

Open the Run box by typing Winkey + R or Start->Run.Type “cmd” in the Run box. (Without quotes) .The command prompt will be open. Then type “diskpart” and hit Enter. (Without quotes). Then type “list volume”. (Without quotes) Now, it will display all the disk partitions of your PC. (See below image)

Then type Select Volume F and hit Enter (Replace "f" with your drive letter) .Then the entered volume will be selected. Then type “remove letter f” (Without quotes) and hit Enter. (Replace “f” with your drive letter) .That’s it, you have done, your partition was hidden. Then just restart your system once to better 

How to unhide the drive again?

OK. The drive was hidden. Then all of you ask me that how to get my partition back? This is similar to the hide process. Just follow the steps…

Open the Run box by typing Winkey + R or Start->Run .Type “cmd” in the Run box. (Without quotes). The command prompt will be open. Then type “diskpart” and hit Enter. (Without quotes). Then type “list volume”. (Without quotes) Now, it will display all the disk partitions of your PC. (See below image).

Then type the drive number which you want to unhide and hit Enter. (“4” is used in the image) Then the entered volume will be selected.

Then type “assign letter f” (Without quotes) and hit Enter. (Replace “f” with your drive letter)

That’s it, you have done, your partition will be back. Then just restart your system once to better performance.