How to hide/retrieve any local drive using command prompt

   The Command Prompt aka cmd is a feature of Microsoft Windows which allows user to enter MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) commands. 

To hide any local drive using command prompt of your computer follows these instructions.

Step 1:

Open Command Prompt as Administrator. To do this go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right click on Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator. 

Step 2:

Type ‘diskpart’ and press Enter key. 

Step 3: 

Type ‘list volume’ and press Enter key. Now it will display the list of all your computer drives details as shown in above figure.

Step 4:

Type the Drive Letter which you want to hide. If you want to hide volume E, type ‘select volume E’ or ‘select volume 3’ and hit Enter key.

A message will be shown ‘Volume 3 is the selected volume’ .

Step 5: 

After that, type ‘remove letter E’ and hit an Enter key. A message will be shown ‘DiskPart successfully removed the drive letter or mount point’. Now your drive E is hidden.

 

To get back hidden local drive using command prompt of your computer follows these instructions.

Step 1:

Open Command Prompt as Administrator. To do this go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right click on Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator.

Step 2:

Type ‘diskpart’ and press Enter key.

 Step 3:

Type ‘list volume’ and press Enter key. Now it will display the list of all your computer drives details (including hidden drive) as shown in above figure.

Step 4:

 

Type ‘select volume 3’ and hit Enter key.

A message will be shown ‘Volume 3 is the selected volume’.   

Step 5:

After that, type ‘assign letter E’ and hit an Enter key. A message will be shown ‘DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point’. Now your drive E is not hidden.

Note : Your pc will not lost any data during this trick.