3 ways to hide recovery partition (Recovery) on Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7

On most computers, manufacturers have built a recovery partition (Recovery) so that users can restore Windows to a new production state. By default, this partition is hidden or does not appear in File Explorer (Windows Explorer). When opening Disk Management, you can clearly see this partition.

Recovery partition contains a lot of important data to restore Windows operating system, so you should hide it to prevent you from accidentally deleting the files in it or seriously rather than the whole partition.

Here are 3 ways to hide Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7 Recovery partition that Network Administrator wants to introduce to you.

1. Use Disk Management

Step 1: Open Disk Management

To open Disk Management, enter create and format hard disk partitions into the Search box on the Start Menu and press Enter .

Alternatively, you can enter Diskmgmt.msc in Search box on Start Menu or Run command window and press Enter .

Step 2:

In the Disk Management window, right-click the Recovery partition you want to hide and select Change Partition Letter and Paths.

Step 3:

Now, the Change Partition Letter and Paths dialog box appears, and select Remove .

Then select Yes when the dialog box ' Some programs that depend on the letter partition can not run correctly. Bạn có chắc muốn gỡ bỏ thư mục thư này ? appear.

So you are done hiding the recovery partition (Recovery).

If you want to display the recovery partition (Recovery) on File Explorer, open Disk Management, then right-click on the recovery partition select Change Partition Letter and Paths , click on Add and then select the partition identifier.

2. Use Command Prompt

Step 1: Open Command Propmt under Admin

To open the Command Prompt under Admin, enter CMD into the Search box on the Start Menu, then right-click the Command Prompt and select Run As Administrator .

Step 2:

On the Command Prompt window, enter each of the commands below and press Enter to see all the partitions:

Diskpart

Volume list

Step 3:

Next select the partition you want to hide.

To select a partition, use the following command:

Chọn kích cỡ X

Where X is the number of partitions you find in the previous step.

Step 4:

Finally enter the following command into the Command Prompt window to delete the partition identifier (delete the hidden partition identifier automatically on File Explorer).

Remove letter X

Where X is the drive letter of the partition.

To add characters and display partitions on File Explorer, follow the steps below:

Step 1:

Perform step 1,2,3 as above.

Step 2:

Enter the following command to select the partition:

Select volume X (X is the volume number)

Step 3:

To access the selected partition identifier, use the following command:

Assign letter X (X is the character that identifies the drive you want to access).

3. Using the 3rd software

Windows Drive Hider is a free utility for Windows. The main feature of the utility is to hide any partition in the drive that the user desires. Using is quite simple, just download this tool, unzip.

Start Windows Drive Hider then select the partition you want to hide and then select Hide Partition .

You can refer to more:

1. Collapse the system partition in Windows 7

2. Create partition during Windows 7 installation process

3. Create Linux installation partition on USB or SD memory card

Good luck!