How to Create a Password Protected Drive on Windows 10 with Hidden Disk?

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Every person wants to protect private data or sensitive information. There are some ways to protect Windows folder or drive, and over the internet, there are also several freeware applications available that can save or hide your private data. Hidden Disk is one of the popular free apps that lets Windows users create a password-protected drive hidden.

Hidden Disk allows you to create an additional/virtual drive in Windows 10, in which you can put the personal data and be locked with a password. Once you put all the secret data in the virtual disk, make it hidden to hide from other users.

hidden-diskThe application comes with a simple interface. Once you click on “Create disk X,” it creates a new virtual disk with the letter ‘X,’ which can be seen under ‘This PC / Computer.’

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This Local Disk (X) is a virtual disk and takes storage from your primary disk.

Once you have added all the files and folders, click “Create / update password” to protect it from other users.

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Twice enter the password, also provide the email address, in case you forget it, you can recover the password of your virtual disk. After putting in the required information, click on Create password button.

If you want to delete this virtual disk, click disable disk X, which means it will not be available on This PC / Computer, and all files and folders inside the virtual disk will be deleted.

Hidden Disk takes a few seconds to create a disk and a few seconds to hide. Once you format the driver or Windows, you will not be able to remove the files. It is a simple and powerful tool to hide files and folders in Windows and free of cost. It is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, Win 7 / 8 / 10, both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. You can download Hidden Disk from here.

You might be interested in Wise Folder Hider, which lets you hide private files, photos, and videos on Windows 10 computer.

 

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