{"id":234,"date":"2017-11-28T05:45:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T05:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=234"},"modified":"2017-11-28T05:45:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T05:45:42","slug":"hide-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/hide-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide a Drive in Windows 10 File Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can hide specific drives, visible in the This PC folder of File Explorer in Windows 10. But these drives will remain accessible for users of your PC. Here is how to hide a drive guide.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Hide a Drive in Windows 10 File Explorer:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open the <b>Registry Editor<\/b>. To do so, just click Win+R, type <b>regedit<\/b> and press OK.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-open-registry-editor.png\" alt=\"windows-10-open-registry-editor\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then go to the Registry key:<br \/>\n<b><i>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-find-NoDrives-registry-key.png\" alt=\"windows-10-find-NoDrives-registry-key\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that modify or create a new 32-Bit DWORD value <b>NoDrives<\/b> on the right pane.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-create-NoDrives-registry-key.png\" alt=\"windows-10-create-NoDrives-registry-key\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: Now, to hide a single drive, set the <b>NoDrives<\/b> value data in decimals according to the table below. In picture, I will set <b>NoDrives<\/b> to 8 to hide the D: drive.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-hide-drive-in-explorer.png\" alt=\"windows 10 hide a drive in explorer\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><br \/>\nNote: To hide multiple drives in a row, add up the values for the appropriate drive letters using this table. For example, to hide drives C and D, use the value data of 12 (4+8=12).\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Drive Letter<\/th>\n<th>Decimal Value Data<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Show all drives<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>B<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>D<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>E<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>F<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>G<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>H<\/td>\n<td>128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>I<\/td>\n<td>256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>J<\/td>\n<td>512<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>K<\/td>\n<td>1024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>L<\/td>\n<td>2048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M<\/td>\n<td>4096<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>N<\/td>\n<td>8192<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>O<\/td>\n<td>16384<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P<\/td>\n<td>32768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Q<\/td>\n<td>65536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>R<\/td>\n<td>131072<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>S<\/td>\n<td>262144<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>T<\/td>\n<td>524288<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>U<\/td>\n<td>1048576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>V<\/td>\n<td>2097152<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>W<\/td>\n<td>4194304<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>8388608<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Y<\/td>\n<td>16777216<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Z<\/td>\n<td>33554432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hide all drives<\/td>\n<td>67108863<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Hide a Drive in Windows 10 File Explorer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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