How To Block Access To Hard Drive In Windows 10/11
3How To Block Access To Hard Drive In Windows 10/11
If you own a Windows computer that you share with other people, you can prevent the access to local drives or to certain folders for a specific user account or for everyone.
Imagine the following scenario: You have all your important files on a secondary internal disk on your computer and you don't want other people to view or to delete them.
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how to restrict access to hard drive in windows 10
how to restrict access to hard drive in windows 11
If you want to prevent users from accessing the Drives in File Explorer, then the Local Group Policy Editor has a setting that allows admins from restricting access to the C drive or all the drives visible in the This PC section. You can also do this using the Registry Editor.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.