How can i hide a partition in the hard disk?
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you can do this work with some program that make partition with another format like ash that xp and other OS don't know it
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Partition Magic might be able to do it from outside Windows. You can download a free trial version from a link on this page at PC World's website. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7324,00.asp
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If you want to whip it out clean(your entire hard drive), then reboot your system with the windows boot disk and type "format c:" this will whipe out all data from the drive.\n\nif you need to preserve your data then you may have to do it manualy with the with the deltree command from the dos prompt. You will also have to reboot using the win98 boot disk because you will get an error saying someting like "Can't  remove directory, X file,already in use by windows"\n\nalso please make sure you copy deltree.exe onto you bootup\nfloppy. I beleive that the windows boot disk does not set the path to the windows directory, so doing a deltree from the prompt will not work with out the deltree.exe program on your floppy.\n\nThe command from your A:prompt should look like this\n\nA:>deltree c:&#92;windows\n\ndeltree c:&#92;windows, is the actual syntax to type at the prompt.\n\nyou can then from there use anny method you choose to delete any windows swap files.\n\nNotes:\n\nuse the dir command to see any hidden files left over by windows\n\nFirst use dir/? to get the correct syntax. dir will let you see the hidden files and the attrib command will let you change the attributes of a file from hidden to archive so that yo may delete any hidden windows files on your hard drive.(attrib/? for syntax)\n\nif you need more info,E-mail me, Thanks for the question!\n\nThe first answer is wrong. Do not do a low level format. A low level format is done at the manufacture NOT the user.
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unbend a paper clip and stick the paper clip into the small hole in the front of the drive. that should release it
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well.. if u wanna hide a folder/file you actually don't need aditional software. \n\ni'm not quite sure how the software you downloaded works..but this is how you can do it in windows\n\nright click on the folder/file\nclick on properties\nclick on 'hidden'\nclick 'apply'\nclick 'ok'\n\n--x--\nfor your software, check its help files.
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You can only if the partitions are situated on different hard discs!
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Partition Magic is notorious for destroying hard drives. I would NOT use it under any circumstances.\n\nIf you can't find any files to remove, you may have to resort to copying your stuff off and re-doing the whole thing.\n\nIt's your choice... you can use Partition Magic and risk losing everything, (I've NEVER actually even seen it work) or you can take the long road, not lose a thing, and get it exactly how you want it.
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You can delete the partition, but you cannot reclaim it without repartitioning it, under which case it will appear under a different drive letter than your other partition.\n\nTo rejoin the partition to your Windows partition, you need to either repartition the entire disk -- which will destroy all data -- or use a partitioning program.
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Or\n\nRight click on the drive icon and select format.\n\nOf course you wouldn't want to do this on your C drive
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you could just throw in a windows xp cd and delete the partitions\nthen format it back to ntfs
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On a Mac you can use Filevault (system preferences) or you can create encrypted disk images with Disk Utility (Applications:Utilities) and store your sensitive data in them. \n\nYou're never really safe with Windows, but there are ways to lock folders. Try doing a web search for locking folders.
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The easiest way (and free) would be to Go to Start..Control Panel..Administrator tools...Computer Management...Under "Storage" chose Disk Management.  There you should see your external hard drive with 2 partitions.  From here you can right-click on the partition and delete it.  Once you delete a partition it will say that that is now unallocated space.  Delete the other partition and the entire drive should be unallocated space.  Now, right-click the drive and create the partitions the size that you so desire.  This will also give you the chance to format the partitions and label them too.\nWord of warning: \nTHIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING ON THOSE PARTITIONS.  If this is unacceptable, then there is a wonderful commercial program that will allow you to re-size your partitions.  It is called Partition Magic.  Also, Windows Vista has the ability to re-size partitions also.  If you can get a release candidate copy from Microsoft, that will do it for free also.  \nI hope this was helpful.
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If you right click on the folder and then go to properties, a dialogue box should pop up. Then click on "hide". You can still access the folder, but it's hidden.
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just simply Delet the partition & make the partition again Instal the window then you wont see this problam
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•Open My Computer \n•Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer). \n•If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive. \n•Double-click the Documents and Settings folder. \n•Double-click your user folder. \n•Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties. \n•On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
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Make sure your hard drive is formatted with the FAT-32 system.  Check the file name.  If it begins with a period, it will be hidden.\n\nAlso, check to see what type of extension the image has.  Mac OS X is tought to ignore some file types, mainly for it's HFS formatting.  I can't think of any case in which this would happen, but it's worth a shot.  Open Terminal and type:\n\ndefaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE\nkillall Finder\n\nThat will show all of the hidden files.  If your image appears here, you may have to go back to your PC and resave them to a standard format\n\nJust retype the stuff in the Terminal, except put FALSE instead of TRUE
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Reformat the hard drive partition on which it is installed.