How can I make Windows not see my Linux partition?

[PunishedSnake]

I have a dual boot system and would like to see if there’s a way I can have windows not see the partition I have running Linux, which it can see as a disk drive.

 

[ingtar33]

navigate to control panel->administrative tools->computer management->disk management
right click on the drive you want to hide
click on change drive letter and paths
remove the drive letter
-now it won't show up in explorer-

 

[PunishedSnake]

Would it also show up in task manager?

 

[ingtar33]

try typing "disk partition" into the search bar (windows key + s), the disk management window should be listed as "create and format hard disk partitions"in the search results

 

[PunishedSnake]

If I hide the drive, though, will the drive still show up on the task manager along with CPU, Memory, Etc.? Or will it be non-existent for Windows to see?

 

[ingtar33]

If I hide the drive, though, will the drive still show up on the task manager along with CPU, Memory, Etc.? Or will it be non-existent for Windows to see?

windows will no longer see it; that said I don't know how the task manager will treat it.

 

[PunishedSnake]

The drive itself does not show up on explorer. It only shows if I open task manager or look at storage management.

 

[ingtar33]

in which case it will always be shown in there.

 

[PunishedSnake]

So no way to hide it?

 

[ingtar33]

does not appear to be possible. I was just playing around with it, and searched online. There might be a registry hack you could use, but I was unable to find one.

 

[PunishedSnake]

The way I did it was, I unplugged every single drive and just left the one drive for windows to be installed, then I did the same for Linux (ie. unplugged everything except the destination drive) Now with a recent component change, I guess it might have done something where now windows can see it. Maybe it was there all along and now I’m noticing it.