How to prevent other users accessing hard-disk partitions in xp? It would be better if they can't see the partitions from their account :)?

There is a software, that you can use to protect and hide your local drives of your hard-disk. The name of the software is "Disk Drive Administrator v3.1". You can hide, lock and protect your local hard-disk drives, network, Floppy and USB drives.

The program lets you protect itself from an unauthorized access by assigning a password that can be requested on each program start. The user interface is also very easy to understand. You can download it from the following link: http://www.easy-share.com/1903572844/Disk.Drive.Administrator.v3.1.rar (note: easy-share.com is a free file sharing website) After downloading the file, extract it in one folder.

Then you will find another zip file. Extract it also in that folder. You will find another zip file.

Extract it for the final time and you will get your software and a crack file. After installing the software copy and paste the crack file into the installation directory of the software. And now you are ready to use it.

However, there is another solution I have found in astahost.com. This is solving the problem with Windows' own settings. The solution is given below: (Taken from www.

Open the Group Policy Editor (Start > Run, type in “gpedit. Msc” and press Enter). Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates> Windows Components > WindowsExplorer.

Here, you’ll find “Hide these specified drives in My Computer” and “Prevent access to drives from My Computer”. The difference between the two settings is that “Prevent access” will allow the user to see the drive icon, but will give an error message when he tries to access it. “Hide” will remove the icon so the user won’t see it, but the drive can still be accessed by using Start > Run and keying in the drive letter.

Under this setting, after you click the radio button next to “Enable”, you’ll see several options. Choose the one you want to apply. You can also go to this site and find some additional information.

The link is given below: http://www. There is a software, that you can use to protect and hide your local drives of your hard-disk. The name of the software is "Disk Drive Administrator v3.1".

You can hide, lock and protect your local hard-disk drives, network, Floppy and USB drives. The program lets you protect itself from an unauthorized access by assigning a password that can be requested on each program start. The user interface is also very easy to understand.

After downloading the file, extract it in one folder. Then you will find another zip file. Extract it also in that folder.

You will find another zip file. Extract it for the final time and you will get your software and a crack file. After installing the software copy and paste the crack file into the installation directory of the software.

And now you are ready to use it. However, there is another solution I have found in astahost.com. This is solving the problem with Windows' own settings.

(Taken from www. Open the Group Policy Editor (Start > Run, type in “gpedit. Msc” and press Enter).

Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates> Windows Components > WindowsExplorer. Here, you’ll find “Hide these specified drives in My Computer” and “Prevent access to drives from My Computer”. The difference between the two settings is that “Prevent access” will allow the user to see the drive icon, but will give an error message when he tries to access it.

“Hide” will remove the icon so the user won’t see it, but the drive can still be accessed by using Start > Run and keying in the drive letter. Under this setting, after you click the radio button next to “Enable”, you’ll see several options. You can also go to this site and find some additional information.