Thread: How can I hide the Windows 7 hard drive from Mac OS X desktop?

Originally Posted by Toltuga

its working with "ONYX" , its a free app for multiple purposes like cleaning etc. the option to hide a volume its under utilities. very easy.

the coolest thing to use Onyx is that the disk continues
being mounted, which assures quick access
if you need, it only hides from "Finder"

Originally Posted by Toltuga

its working with "ONYX" , its a free app for multiple purposes like cleaning etc. the option to hide a volume its under utilities. very easy.

Thanks Toltuga! Nice little app! Works!

Thanks @Rene this worked for me however a small thing was left out for not so bright newbs like me just thought id mention it for someone else that may have some trouble like me

UUID=FILL IN HERE YOUR NUMBER none ntfs ro,noauto 0 0

the last part "0 0" thats your disk and partition number in my case disk 0 partition 3 once i updated that in terminal it worked after reboot..thanks again!

If for any reason i wanted to undo the hidden partition how do i do so? (=

Good to hear it's working but I don't agree with disk/partion number

UUID=8BCD6347-4CR5-32A7-A3FB-8H35281DB30E none hfs rw,noauto 0 0
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Basically an fstab entry has the following fields:

1. Device identifier (device file or UUID or LABEL)
2. Mount point
3. Filesystem type (e.g. hfs, vfs,nfs,ntfs)
4. Options (rw means read and write, ro means read only, noauto means don't mount automatically, nouser means only superuser can mount device. There are more options, usually depending on the fstype)
5. Indicates whether the fs needs to be dumped (0=no, any other number means yes)
6. Indicates whether the fs needs to be checked at boot time (0=no)

How to edit and understand /etc/fstab
The 5th column in /etc/fstab is the dump option.
The 6th column is a fsck option.

0=ignore
If it is NOT 0 then don't ignore

But for sure not disk/partition number
I think it should do the job without the last 2 numbers, can you please check again?

In Disk Utility you can mount the drive again.
Or just remove the file /etc/fstab, its hidden. Use the app ShowHide files or so.

Originally Posted by ultraxmode

Thanks Toltuga! Nice little app! Works!

Onyx didn't work for me - it didn't give me an error or anything, but after it restarted the Finder my Windows partition still appeared on the desktop. I'm going to give the /etc/fstab method a try, but I can't reboot my machine at the moment because I'm waiting for something to finish.

Originally Posted by Rene

Good to hear it's working but I don't agree with disk/partion number

UUID=8BCD6347-4CR5-32A7-A3FB-8H35281DB30E none hfs rw,noauto 0 0
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

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How to edit and understand /etc/fstab
The 5th column in /etc/fstab is the dump option.
The 6th column is a fsck option.

0=ignore
If it is NOT 0 then don't ignore

But for sure not disk/partition number
I think it should do the job without the last 2 numbers, can you please check again?

In Disk Utility you can mount the drive again.
Or just remove the file /etc/fstab, its hidden. Use the app ShowHide files or so.

weird well i know is that it didnt hide mine until i changed the last part to "0 3"...? either way its hidden now lol

I think it should do the job without the last 2 numbers, can you please check again?

you want me to re do it?

Found more options for the last number:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab
It can be 0, 1 or 2, but 3 is not used?

Originally Posted by carlos28355

weird well i know is that it didnt hide mine until i changed the last part to "0 3"...? either way its hidden now lol

you want me to re do it?

If it's fine now and you don't want to mess with your system, don't do it.
Else it would be nice to know if it will work for you with 0 0, I think it should work

You can edit the file with:
sudo pico /etc/fstab

And it's not difficult to change it back

It can be 0, 1 or 2, but 3 is not used?

strange. I tried it with 0,0 like you said in your original post and i rebooted and all that and it didnt hide it. When i thought i was smart and figured something out kind of on my own i tried the number 3 on the end and it worked...lol i dont know (=

Maybe you are a genius and don't know it
Thanks for testing.

Originally Posted by Rene

Maybe you are a genius and don't know it
Thanks for testing.

welcome!