LOCK SPECIFIC DRIVES

Hello friends...Hope you guys are enjoying the tips and tricks on Windows XP...Now I will show you how to block access to specific drives in XP...This is possible and there is no need to install any kind of software...Just follow the steps carefully and do it by yourself...You can play pranks with your friends with this trick...

1. Goto "start" and click "Run"...



2. Type "regedit" and click "Ok"...the Registry Editor will appear...



3. In registry editor goto:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

4. In the right panel create a new "DWORD" value.Rename it as "NoViewOnDrive" and open it.



5. Check the "Base" as "Decimal" and set its data value to the number of the drive that you want to hide as per the below list:

A:1 B:2 C:4 D:8 E:16 F:32 G:64 H:128 I:256 J:512 K:1024 L:2048 M:4096 N:8192 O:16384 P:32768 Q:65536 R:131072 S:262144 T:524288 U:1048576 V:2097152 W:4194304 X:8388608 Y:16777216 Z:33554432 ALL:67108863



6. After putting the desired decimal value, click "Ok" and close the registry.

7. Reboot you system...Try to open the drive , you just locked and get the error:



You are done...You have successfully locked your drive...

Note: If you face any problem with the above process, just download the file from HERE and just open it...I've made this reg file to lock C drive...You can modify the file to lock other drives...just open the file with notepad and edit the decimal value ...Don't forget to post your comment...

Extract the file using WinRAR.
Password: xtrmhack.blogspot.com


Happy Hacking...Enjoy...

For educational purpose only...Do not misuse it...