Is this possible in Win98SE?

[ajskydiver]

Hi Guys,
Strange request, but here it goes.

I have two drives installed (1 partition each, C: D: respectively) and would like to remove the D: drive letter so that it doesn't appear anywhere (explorer) so that the user (not me) doesn't see the drive but can use shortcuts to installed programs on that drive.
I guess I'd like to make that drive transparent to the user but still exist and allow access to files on it (shortcuts only).

I was thinking of just making the entire partition hidden/read-only...but the drive would still be visible.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
AJ

 

[Elledan]

I don't think this is possible, not even in Win2k. Maybe that you can accomplish this with some thirdparty software. Try a search at download.com

 

[de8212]

This may be an answer to your question but others will chime in with stuff that may be better.
I use TweakUI and it has a feature in it to hide drive letters.
Here's a link.

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/powertoys/networking/nttweakui.asp

 

[ajskydiver]

Thank you very much. Tweak UI worked perfectly!

~AJ

 

[CQuinn]

Keep in mind that while that might hide the drive in explorer, the
user might still be able to see it thru the DOS prompt.

 

[xtreme2k]

careful though

if you type D:\ in the address menu of a window, you will go straight into D drive

 

[Modeps]

your porn is on that drive... isnt it?

 

[miniMUNCH]

You can tell he's hiding porn from his wife (or mom!) on his computer. Just look at the signature...

The length's to which men will go... (note the double meaning)

 

[ajskydiver]

Ah, what low opinions of each other we have on this board.

Since you've all guessed wrong as to why I'd like that drive letter hidden...I'll explain.

There is an old DOS program by IBM that had been installed on that drive (formerly the known as the C: drive--am I going too fast?)...simply copying the folder and its contents would not work--the program would look for a 5.25" floppy disk with a new liscense # which we do not have anymore.

The user, who does data entry, does not need to see the entire contents of the old drive (now D because it would only confuse her. So, I added the necessary shortcuts and hid the drive so that it would appear to be the same to her. To give you an idea of her level of knowledge, she called me to complain that IE5.5 was now "broken"--oh, it still loaded pages and functioned normally--but her favorites were missing (I had forgotten to copy them)...get the picture?

 

[BoberFett]

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