How does Win8 restrict disk access to

Important file information is placed in computer
, it is inevitable that it will be viewed by people, and the way of hiding files is unreliable. Is there any other safer method? Today, Xiaobian will introduce you to the steps of how Win8 can limit the disk.

How to limit Win8 disk access:

1. Press Win+R to open —— enter gpedit.msc—— enter, open Group Policy Editor

2. In the [Local Group Policy Editor], click [User Configuration]---[Administrative Templates]----[Windows
Components]----[ File Explorer]; found on the right: Prevent access to drive options from

3. Double-click [Prevent access from “My Computer”Access Drive] to enter policy settings . As shown in the figure:

4. Refresh the group policy, run [gpupdate /force]

5. Verify it. I limit the D drive. Clicking again will appear as shown in the figure:

Preventing users from using “My Computer> accessing the contents of the selected drive. If you enable Win8 to limit disk settings, users can browse the directory structure of the selected drive in “My Computer" or File Explorer, but cannot open the folder or access its contents.