How to Hide and Lock Hard Disk Drives in My Computer

In Windows 10, My computer is no longer available. However, you can still hide a disk drive on in File Explorer using Disk Management. You can even create a secret mount point.
steps
1-Right-click the Windows Start menu. This displays a pop-up menu above the Windows Start drive.
2-Click Disk Management. It's in the pop-up menu that appears when you right-click the Windows Start menu. This opens the Disk Management applications.
3-Right-click the disk drive you want to hide. This displays a menu next to the drive. You can right-click the drive name in the list at the top, or the drive allocation tiles at the bottom of Disk Management.
4-Click Change Drive Letter and Paths. This opens a separate window that allows you to add, change, or remove the drive letter.
5-Make sure the drive is selected and click Remove. The drive should be highlighted in blue when it is selected. Clicking Remove removes the drive letter from the drive. An alert will appear.
6-Click Yes. It's in the alert that appears when you remove the letter of the disk drive. The alert informs you that some programs may not work properly if the letter is missing. Click Yes to continue. This removes the letter from the disk drive.
7-Right-click the drive with the missing drive letter. This opens a menu next to the drive.
8-Click Change Drive Letter and Paths. This opens a separate window that allows you to add, change, or remove the drive letter.
9-Make sure the drive is selected and click Add. The drive should be highlighted in blue when it is selected. Clicking Add displays options to add a new drive letter, or mount the drive in a different location.
10-Click Mount in the following empty NTFS folder. It's the second radio option in the "Add drive letter or path" window.
11-Click Browse. It's to the right of the bar below "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder". This allows you to select a specific location where you can access the drive.
12-Navigate to the location you want to create a folder to access the hidden drive. Double-click the drive you want to add the folder in, and then double-click the folder(s) you want to place the folder in.
13-Click New Folder. It's to the right in the "Browse for drive path" window.
14-Type a name for the folder and click Ok. This creates a new folder for the drive location. Give the folder a name you can remember, such as "Secret Drive" or "Hidden Drive."
15-Click Ok. This will allow you to access the disk drive by clicking the mount folder you selected in Disk Management.
For additional security, you can hide the folder that contains the drive mount location in File Explorer. That way it will only appear if show hidden files and folders in File Explorer.
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