Previous hidden partition now drive E: after restore using True Image 2014
I am running Acronis TI 2014 on a Dell Windows XP Pro SP3 laptop. Recently I had to install a new hard drive. I booted with the Acronis Recovery Disk I had created and restored all the partitions. Everything worked fine except a previously hidden partition (125MB FAT partition) is now showing as drive E: and is no longer hidden. This partition contains Dell files.
Besides drive C: (NTFS System partition) there is also a 47MB (hidden FAT EISA Configuration partition) and a 3.39GB (hidden Unknown Partition).
Can I safely make the drive E: partition hidden and, if so, what utility can I use to do this?
I appreciate any assistance with this issue.

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Thank you for your reply. Your solution should do the trick, but I don't want to waste a drive letter on this partition since I don't use the contents of the partition...I have a number of network connections and external drives that use many of the remaining drive letters available. I assume I can just remove the drive letter using the Disk Management console without causing any problems. Would this work ok or am I asking for trouble doing it this way?
Thanks again for the assistance.
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Al:
Yes, that's exactly what I was suggesting that you do. Just remove the drive letter. The article that I referenced had instructions for assigning, changing, and removing drive letters.
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