Cleverly let the optical drive "stealth" magical collection

Sometimes, we do not want others to use their own optical drive, but it is not convenient to tell each other directly, then what should we do? In fact, we can cleverly set it up and hide the drive.

Modify Autoexec.bat File

Locate Autoexec.bat in the partition where the system is located. This is an automatic batch file. The commands contained in it can be executed during Windows startup. We can open the file with Notepad, add a line like this: subst G: D:\\tools, then save and exit. Here "G:" refers to the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive, D:\\tools is a folder that originally existed on the D drive, you can replace it with any folder you want to specify. This way, when the system starts up, it will automatically point the CD-ROM drive to the tools folder of the D drive. Others can only see the contents of the folder, but cannot use the CD-ROM drive. If you want to use the CD-ROM drive, just put the subst G. : D:\\tools can be removed.

Modify the Config.sys file

Open the config.sys file in the root directory of the system with Notepad, and then add a line to it: lastdrive=C:, Config.sys after exiting The file's properties are set to "hidden". After rebooting, I went to Windows and found that the CD-ROM drive was no longer accessible. No matter how the other party modifies the registry and the Autoexec.bat file, there will be no results.

Modify Registry

Locate the registry key HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer, create a new DWORD value of NoDrives, and change the key value to 40 (assuming The CD-ROM drive is G disk), then close the registry editor, restart the computer, it will hide the CD-ROM drive, others can not be used under Windows.

Disabling DOS Mode

Step 1: Run Registry Editor Regedit to open the registry.

Step 2: Expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SoftWare\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies branch of the registry database, create a new primary key named WinOldApp under the Policies primary key, and then create a new named Disabled under the WinOldApp primary key. DWORD value and set it to 1 (this is used to prevent users from entering the MS-DOS window of Windows).

Step 3: Create a new DWORD value named NoRealMode under the WinOldApp primary key and set its value to 1 (this item is used to prevent users from restarting the system and switching to MS- when shutting down the system) DOS status).

Step 4: Open the msdos.sys file under the C drive with Notepad, and add the Bootkeys=0 line (disable the F4, F5, F8, etc. boot function keys). Prevent others from using your CD-ROM drive under DOS.

This is a double ban on Windows and DOS, and others can no longer use the CD-ROM drive.
Tools Software Method

Using Super rabbit magic

run super rabbit magic settings, select "advanced Hide" option (Figure 2), select "disk and file folder" tab in the window that appears, select your CD-ROM drive in the "hidden disk" Drive letter, put "√" in front of it (Figure 3), restart the computer to hide the CD-ROM drive, "My Computer" or "Explorer" will not display the drive letter of the CD-ROM.

Make Tweak UI

This software is located in the tools\ eskit\\powertoy folder of the Windows 98 installation disk, find tweakui.inf, right click on it, select the "Install" command in the pop-up menu, you can install it. Go to the control panel. When using, double-click the Tweak UI icon in the control panel, then click on the "My Computer" tab, find the CD-ROM icon, remove the "√" next to it, and click the "OK" button. Restart your computer.

Using Windows Optimizer

Run Windows Optimizer, click on "Performance Optimization" "System Security Optimization" "More Settings" "Please select the drive to be hidden" "(Figure 4), where select your CD-ROM drive, and then click the" OK "button.

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method by device Manager for Windows 2000 /XP users, it can be Prohibit others from using your CD-ROM drive: Double-click "My Computer" while holding down the Alt key, select "Properties" in the pop-up menu, "Hardware", and click on "Device Management". Click on the CD-ROM to find your CD-ROM drive, right-click and select "Deactivate" in the pop-up menu. The system will prompt you to confirm that the device is disabled, select "Yes", then the CD-ROM drive is disabled. Click "My The computer will find that the CD-ROM icon is gone, and there is no reaction to put the CD into it; if you want to use the CD-ROM drive, you can do the opposite.

BIOS Setup

Press the Del key to enter the BIOS setting when the computer starts up (take AWORD BIOS as an example), find the Onboard IDE-2 Controller in the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option, press the Page Down key to set it to Disabled, so that you can't find the CD-ROM after booting into Windows. . Note that this is an example of connecting your optical drive to the hard disk using two data lines. If you connect one data cable to the master and slave disks, you can set the slave disk (that is, the optical drive) to Disabled. This will prevent you from using your CD-ROM drive.

Disk Mapping Method

The principle of this method is to map the CD to a folder on the disk, and then delete the original CD-ROM drive letter, so that others cannot use the CD-ROM through the CD-ROM drive. Thereby achieving the purpose of "invisible" the optical drive. The specific method is: click "Start" "Control Panel" "Administrative Tools" "Computer Management", select "Disk Management" under "Storage" in the list on the left (Figure 5), right click with the mouse to hide CD-ROM drive, click "Change drive name and path" in the pop-up menu (Figure 6), click the "Delete" button in the pop-up dialog box (Figure 7), then a dialog box will pop up, prompting "Delete volume drive" The number may cause the program to stop running. Are you sure you want to delete the drive name?" (Figure 8), click "Yes", and the drive will be hidden after rebooting.