How to hide your files using DOS

There have been times when you wished to protect or hide your files, images and even videos from unauthorized people so as to prevent its any kind of misuse.Of course there are software already available in the market which can protect your files but most of them are too costly or too tricky to use, some of which can even corrupt your files permanently if not properly used.
Today i will tell you one of the simplest method which will enable you to hide and mask your files in a couple of seconds, all by simply using DOS.

Here are the Steps which you need to follow............

1. Click Start.
2. For Windows Vista / Windows 7 users, In the Search box field type cmd and press Enter. For Windows XP users, In the Run box field type cmd and press Enter.
3. In the command prompt, type cd\ This will take you to the C:\ Partition.
4. Assuming that the picture you want to hide is under C:\ and that its name and extension is img1.jpg type: ren img1.jpg img1.txt (This is the syntax ren:(your file name and extension)(space)(your file name and the file extension you want to turn it to)
5. The command above (ren img1.jpg img1.txt) will turn your image to a txt file. People trying to open such a file will see unintelligible characters.
6. Of course to get the picture back, simply type: ren img1.txt img1.jpg
7. This trick works for every kind of file