To hide a drive:
- Click Start -> Run option.
 - Type cmd in Run window and press Enter key or click Ok button. (It opens a prompt command on your screen within 5 seconds.)
 - Type diskpart in command prompt against C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator> to display the DISKPART> session.
 - Type list volume in command prompt against DISKPART>.
 (It will display drive information of your computer. It provides 
details of volume, letter that indicates a drive, label (if any) drive 
type and size it captures.)

 - Select a volume, for instance, type select volume 2 and press Enter key. You will see a message that volume 2 is selected.
 (You need to select a drive by putting the volume number that indicates
 a specific drive. In this example, volume 0, volume 1, volume 2 and 
volume 3 indicate the drives F, C, D and E respectively.)

 - Now type remove letter D in command prompt against DISKPART> and press Enter key. It will show a message successfully removed the drive letter or mount type. (Note that volume 2 indicates the letter D in this case that means you are hiding drive D.)

 - Now open My Computer window, you will notice the drive d disappeared. Now restart your computer.
 

- If you want to retrieve the drive again and show it on the list, follow the above steps till step 5.
 - Type assign letter D and click Enter key. Now restart your computer. Your hidden drive is rolled back.
 
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