Hiding partitions in XP

[Guest]

I want to create a recovery partition on a PC but don't want the end user to
be able to access it, or have it reassign any of his existing drive letters.
Can it be done, and how would I be able to access it from a boot up floppy
when it's needed?

Martin Ellis

 

[Dusko Savatovic]

Method 1
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1. Open Disk Management console.
2. Right click partition.
3. From context menu choose "Change Drive Letter and Paths...
4. Select drive letter. Click "Remove"

Bad thing about this is that somebody (with sufficient privileges) may
assign drive letter again.

Method 2 (my favorite)
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1. Obtain gdisk.exe which comes with Symantec Ghost. It may be on trial
download. A quick Google came with this link
http://cyberzoo.de/gdisk.exe

2. Boot with DOS diskette which has gdisk.exe on it.

3. Run:
gdisk.exe /hide /p:1

/p:1 switch indicates first partition, /p:2 indicates second etc.

4. Reboot

To unhide partition, run:
gdisk.exe /-hide /p:1

/p:1 switch indicates first partition, /p:2 indicates second etc.

Method 3 etc
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Use Partition Magic or some other partitioning utility.


Dusko Savatovic