Secure a Storage HDD?

Shane

Shane

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Hey guys,

I have a 500Gb Hard drive in my system which i use purely for storage,Like my movies,music..and important info and documents.

My parents,Sister,and sometimes friends all use My pc which i dont mind at all but even on their limited user account they can still access my 500Gb drive,Id like to either Hide the drive completely from their accounts or at least password protect it so that its not open to attack lol.

Is there a way i can make the drive only viewable to an admin or somehow password protect it?...i cant see anyway within windows to do it :cool:

Appreciate any help :):good:
 
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Easiest way I can think of, is to put everything into a folder and take ownership of it. Limited accounts shouldn't be able to access them, only administrators.

Edited to add: If they know the drive is there, go into administrative tools -> computer management -> storage -> disk management, and remove the drive letter. Mount it in an NTFS folder inside of "my documents." Out of sight, out of mind...
 
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BlownFiveLiter said:
Easiest way I can think of, is to put everything into a folder and take ownership of it. Limited accounts shouldn't be able to access them, only administrators.

Edited to add: If they know the drive is there, go into administrative tools -> computer management -> storage -> disk management, and remove the drive letter. Mount it in an NTFS folder inside of "my documents." Out of sight, out of mind...
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If the others have limited accounts, they can't access the administrator's tools, Can they?
Paul
 
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