Creating a hidden partition on an external drive

I want to split a 250GB 2.5" HDD into 2 partitions, i want 1 partition accessible easily on any computer

The other partition i want some sort of password entry or other sort of tricky entry, but i dont need encryption, its not that important, i'd rather it was just hidden and still quick to access.

Is that possible?


*the problem i have with truecrypt etc is that it takes ages to access the files and i dont need that kind of security. Just a simple password access into the partition would be great.

Can't you do this in windows?

I know windows can split a drive into 2 partitions but then how do you block access to one of them?

I've done this in the past by using a partition tool to change the partition type to hidden,
that doesn't give you password protection though.

http://www.freeotfe.org/

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I know its encryption but its someting i use to hide a partition
the partition does not have a drive letter in windows
you load the freeotfe and mount the partition ( requires password )
with out freeotfe it just looks like a partition without a drive letter ( or formatted )

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Originally Posted by s3ds

http://www.freeotfe.org/

:)

I know its encryption but its someting i use to hide a partition
the partition does not have a drive letter in windows
you load the freeotfe and mount the partition ( requires password )
with out freeotfe it just looks like a partition without a drive letter ( or formatted )

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is it quite fast at file access?

I surpose there must me some slowdown but i only use it to store a few files so i never notice
its on a AMD x2 4800

If you format it as NTFS you should be able to put security on it and restrict it to certain users

I've got it to work using FreeOTFE