True partition hiding for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 ignores the simple hiding of partitions, i.e. those partitions are still
visible to Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008. In order to hide a partition under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 the partition must
be true hid. When a partition is true hid the partition ID and the boot sector of the
respective partition is modified. True hiding a partition is available with Boot-US 1.5.0 (or higher).
Comment:
If Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 is involved and multiple independent installations of Windows are to be
performed, the present partitions must be true hid before the next installation is carried
out. The true hidden partitions are ignored by all versions of Windows (incl. Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008).
Comment:
It is possible that Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 considers a true hidden partition as unformatted.
This can be changed by removing the drive letter from a true hidden partition. This prevents that you
accidentally format such an "unformatted" partition thereby deleting all existing data
on that partition. Drive letters are assigned resp. removed within the Windows disk administrator (Computer Management / Storage / Disk Management).
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