How to lock and hide local hard drive on computer / laptop

Here is step by step guide to lock and hide local hard drive on computer / laptop
  • Press Win+R to open run command.
  • Type “gpedit.msc” to open Local group policy editor.
  • Click on User configuration.
  • Administrative template.
  • Windows components.
  • File Explorer (in windows 8 and 10). Windows Explorer (in windows7)
  • Prevent Access to Drives from My Computer.
  • Click on Enable and select any drive and apply setting.
  • For disabling click on “Not Configured” or “Disabled”.
  • lock and hide local hard drive on computer / laptop
    lock and hide local hard drive on computer / laptop
  • To hide any drive, go to
  • Hide these specified drives in My Computer.
  • Click on Enable and select any drive and apply setting.
  • For disabling click on “Not Configured” or “Disabled”.
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