Hiding Folders in XP & Vista:

Hiding your Folders in XP and Vista without software:

XP:
Windows XP  contain a hidden system folder called recycler.
If you want to hide anything, then cut that folder and paste it there.
Accesing recycler quickly:
Goto Root of Drive and then type c:\recycler in that  'c' is the drive letter of your current drive.


Vista:
Windows Vista have a hidden system folder named $recycle.bin
If you want to hide folder or anything, then cut that folder and paste it there.

Accesing $recycle.bin quickly:

Goto Root of  Drive and then type c:\$recycle.bin , in that 'c' is the drive letter of your current drive.

NOTE:This is the only one possible way provided by windows i.e you cannot search data other than the above mentioned way.