Re: hide linux partitions from Windows XP

On 12/29/06, brian hirning <bhirning@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

im not at a windows box ATM but i think you can change drive and letters
in one of the administrative tools section.

On 12/29/06, Felipe Figueiredo < philsf@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have almost always used dual boot here, but I am using LVM since only
> a few
> months. To my dismay, Windows does NOT auto-ignore these partitions,
> giving
> me useless D:, E: , drives.
>
> More than the inconvenient of having my CD-ROM drive letter pushed away
> to the
> middle of the alphabet, I am constantly startled by the possibility that
>
> Windows actually corrupts my main OS partitions'.


Like the poster above said you can switch the drive letters around. However
at the following link you can also just hide the drives so you don't see
them.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555438

I did this on my other computer when I dual booted to windows a lot more.
You can also search google for 'windows partition hide' to find some more
user friendly directions.


So, does anybody know how to hide non-FAT partitions from Windows? I am
> using
> Edgy 6.10 up-to-date.
>
> regards
> FF
>
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