M Hide Drives

2.0

Software information

License:

Shareware (Free to try)


Updated:

06 Apr 2012


Publisher:

Mohsen Ektefa

Website:

http://mini-products.net

Software Screenshots

Size: 939 KB


Downloads: 3614


Platform: Windows XP/Vista/7

Review by Jerome Johnston (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 06 Apr 2012

Sharing a computer with other people is not safe, especially if you have a lot of personal and important information stored on it. This is why you should protect your files and folders in such a way that only you can access them. Unfortunately, the Windows operating system doesn't have a feature for this, so the only option left is to turn to 3rd party applications. Programs like M Hide Drives can help you with this. It's a simple Windows program that can lock or hide any system partition and even USB memory sticks or optical drives. This will make the data stored on them completely protected from unauthorized users.

Being a Windows application, M Hide Drives is very simple to install and also very simple to use, without requiring any special skills or experience. When launched for the first time, the program will ask the user to enter the master password that will be used for accessing the program. Without the password, all the drivers locked or hidden cannot be restored, even if booting from the DOS mode. After the password is set, the user will be displayed a simple interface, from where he can simply select which drives should be locked or hidden.

After a drive has been locked, all the data stored on it cannot be changed or deleted. For an even higher level of protection, the program also allows hiding a partition, making it completely invisible to the operating system and even from the DOS mode. Showing partitions again or unlocking them can be done in the same way as protecting them.

Pros

It can hide and lock virtually any drive, no matter if it's a hard disk partition, USB memory stick or optical drive. Besides that, locked and hidden partitions are not accessible even from the Windows Safe Mode or DOS environment. Furthermore, the program cannot be accessed without a master password, thus unauthorized users won't be able to temper with the software's settings.

Cons

There is no way to unlock or display a hidden partition in case the user forgets or loses the master password. M Hide Drives is a useful tool for hiding and locking any type of partition, keeping all the data stored on it safe from unauthorized users.

M Hide Drives
2.0

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M Hide Drives Editor’s Review Rating

M Hide Drives has been reviewed by Jerome Johnston on 06 Apr 2012. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated M Hide Drives 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent

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