Did you know you can secure the data on the hard disk drives by hiding or locking them.
In Windows, use the steps below to do just that…

  • Click on the “Start” button. Go to “Run”
  • type “gpedit.msc” and press enter
  • “Group Policy” window to appear
  • then goto path User Configuration->  Administrative Templates->  Windows Components -> Windows Explorer
  • Search for “Hide these specified drives in My Computer”
  • Double click it, enable it and choose the drive(s) you want to hide
  • Search for “Prevent access to drives from My Computer”
  • Double click it and repeat the previous step if you want to stop accessing any drive by “command”
  • Close the group policy window
  • Restart your computer for changes to take effect.