Windows 10: If I hide a drive/partiton, it is safe from viruses?

Discus and support If I hide a drive/partiton, it is safe from viruses? in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; I recently built a new computer with a new SSD that runs Windows 10 Pro. I kept the old internal HDD as a bootable Windows backup. Periodically I... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by the_steve_randolph, Mar 31, 2020.

  1. If I hide a drive/partiton, it is safe from viruses?


    I recently built a new computer with a new SSD that runs Windows 10 Pro. I kept the old internal HDD as a bootable Windows backup. Periodically I will recreate the HDD Windows partition to keep it current in case I need to boot from it. Since it is an internal HDD, there is a concern that I will accidentally damage the Windows partition, or, that it could be affected by a virus in addition to the Windows on the SSD. It would seem that hiding that HDD drive/partition would help with the first concern. I have Googled but can't find anything that tells me if hidden drives/partitions can be affected by viruses or not.

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    the_steve_randolph, Mar 31, 2020
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  2. hide partiton in explorer without removing the drive letter

    is it possible to hide a partiton in explorer without removing the drive letter ?

    thanks
     
    reddwarf4ever, Mar 31, 2020
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  3. How to Partiton a Hard Drive in Vista

    This is a way to get Vista to see another hard drive that is not associated with the OS. There is some times when your new hdd doesn't seem to want to work well with Vista. But, there is a solution in it.

    Open the Computer Management By doing these steps.
    • Click on the Start Button
    • Click on Control Panel
    • Click Administrative Tools
    • Double click on Computer Management
    You are now in the Navigation panel of the Computer Management.
    When in Computer Management, you then have to allow the new drive to be recognized.
    • Double click on Storage
    • Double click on Disk Management
    Now in the middle of your screen there is the layout of the Disk Drives that you have. The drives that are partitioned will show by the drive lettering. The others will just show up as having nothing at all in them. Below that there will be the Disk drives that are installed into the computer. You'll see that the primary one will all ways read as "Disk 0". Then you will have Disk 1 and so on. Under the Disks there will also see your CD-Rom drives.. If there is more then one, it will be labeled the same as Disk drives..

    On to the Partitioning of the drive in question.
    • Right Click on the drive
    • Click to format the drive or Enable Volume. There will be a series of windows that open up. This is Vista's formatting. Just go threw the windows, and make sure everything is the way you want it to happen.
    • Once the formatting is done, will take some time depending on the drive size.
    • Right click on the drive
    • Click on Mark the Partition as Active
    After you have done those steps, The drive will be up and running threw Vista.



    :Side Notes:
    If you are not the Administer to the Os, then you will have to enable it..
    You may also want to redo the drive lettering of it all. But, I really don't see a reason to do so. If you do, you have to redo drive paths and so forth.. A lot of work on something so small...
     
    Cold Storm, Mar 31, 2020
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  4. If I hide a drive/partiton, it is safe from viruses?

    Hiding devices from Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media list

    In my Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media list both my internal SSD and storage drive are listed. I want to be able to hide/remove these drives from the list. After a lot of searching all I could find was a registry trick for Win7 which no longer applies
    in Win10. All the other suggestions have been to shut off hot swapping but that is something I use. This is a work machine that I am often connecting and disconnecting drives from. It seems like it should be a simple thing to mark certain devices to not be
    listed. What can I do?
     
    Mitch13212412, Mar 31, 2020
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