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In Windows systems, we have a number of ways how to beef up the security of our files, even without the aid of third-party software.

There are applications out there that lock/hides files and folders. But if you already have lots of files and folders, it is best to put them into a dedicated drive. When you already have a dedicated drive for your confidential data, you might want to hide this or do not let anyone even know you have this on your computer in the first place.

There are lots of ways on how to do this. I’ll share one way using the Windows Registry, to hide this drive, so that it will be entirely invisible to others who also use your computer.

There are lots of ways on how to do this. I’ll share one way using the Windows Registry, to hide this drive, so that it will be entirely invisible to others who also uses your computer.

<h2>Here are the steps on how you can do it.</h2>

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<li> Launch the regedit.exe command. Click the start button and start typing regedit and click the icon if it appears. The other way is to press <strong>WinKey + R</strong> to bring up the run dialog box, type the regedit.exe command and press <strong>Enter</strong>.

![starting reg.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmU5KRt23qhBtHLcRCxyqJSBdqggr68ygVAGhdKuqNyfKN/starting%20reg.png)

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Click the expand button at the left of <strong> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE</strong>, when the sub-folders shows up, click the expand button for <strong>SOFTWARE</strong> to reveal its sub-folders.

![software sub a.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUQP8g81u6qdeSNJSKouAZwCRDrJNJHCyubRkc17qmi5R/software%20sub%20a.png)

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Let’s continue digging down further by scrolling down and expanding the <strong>Microsoft</strong> folder.

![Microsoft sub.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfKn3uYbGPyTy9npUHjbXfSG67v9e9s8R7YLQpDqY9S5G/Microsoft%20sub.png)

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Under Microsoft, look for <strong>Windows</strong> expand it as well, then do the same thing with <strong>CurrentVersion</strong>.

![Windows_CurrentVersion.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRwuZbex3uMaCEeDzrhBjrvkaTGwjDrSd1QZa2b4P7oBg/Windows_CurrentVersion.png)

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Under <strong>CurrentVersion</strong> look for <strong>Policies</strong>, and under <strong>Policies</strong> click <strong>Explorer</strong>. Here you will see the content of Explorer.

![Policies_Explorer Click.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdAnQGaUnd6HH3pa2u3CsKnEzRtK2qQoRMHiHDqL1ckjw/Policies_Explorer%20Click.png)

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<strong>Right click</strong> to any blank area in the right pane, click <strong>new</strong>, then select <strong>DWORD (32-bit)</strong> Value.

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A new file will be generated and is ready to be renamed if you accidentally cancelled out the renaming, just right click on it and select rename from the selection menu. 

![Created DWORD.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPiScYdPneMaaNPoujxShu2JRnnBhCe2ypfwTwBXBvu17/Created%20DWORD.png)


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Name the folder   <strong>NoDrives</strong>     make sure to spell it exactly as it is written here also the capitalization.  Then <strong>Double- lick</strong> on it.

![no drives 2.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfUpBPkvcMg1hVTRNNH8EfNthVRmcNZRv2AjYq95eAgc1/no%20drives%202.png)

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After Double clicking on it, a dialog box will appear, you will see Hexadecimal and <strong>Decimal</strong> options, Select <strong>Decimal</strong> and from the textbox Value data, type the corresponding number for the drive letter, here I typed the number 8 because I am hiding D: drive. If you have Drive C: you will use the number 4. 

![Last Step.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmagMuDLseFsC6VqUKVhhCAtwLAfDdmM1sJ8HNzAZ8HDkL/Last%20Step.png)
 
<h3>Each Drive letter has its own Decimal Value, please refer below for each drive letter value: </h3>


A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, All: 67108863

Click the OK button

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After restarting your computer your drive will not be visible anymore, actually,  you can just restart the WINDOWS EXPLORER for the changes to take effect. To restart WINDOWS EXPLORER, just <strong>right-click</strong> on any blank area of the taskbar, then select <strong>Task manager</strong>, look for windows explorer from the list processes, right click on it and select restart.


![restart wexplore.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVL4hJkic4pefeobjyTf1nNpYszeNjF9M6MXzyR4wp6Wi/restart%20wexplore.png)

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<h4>Congratulations! you have learned another techie way in working around with your computer and thank you for reading! </h4>

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