Removing Hard Disks from non-administrator accounts

Hi all.
I am wanting to set up a second (non-admin) account on the mac. Which I have done although I would prefer it to only mount the main internal drive when in 'guest mode'.
Let me explain a bit better. Currently I have the Main system drive, a second internal drive an a number of firewire drives that I use with my account which is the admin account. I wish to set up an account for the kids so they can use a few apps and the internet etc but I only want them to have access to the main internal drive and there own home folder. This would leave me safe in the knowledge that all my hard work (ha!) is safe.
Any help would be appreciated
G5   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

Move your work on the additional drives into specific folders on those drives, and then choose Get Info from the File menu for each folder. Set the permissions to Read & Write for yourself, with you being the owner, and No Access for other accounts. Repeat this for each folder which contains your work, and then do the same for the actual drive, this time setting the other permissions to Read Only, as well as unchecking the Ignore Permissions on this volume option. You should not set a disk's permissions to No Access, and you should not change the permissions at the top level of a Mac OS X startup disk at all. Your kids will see the external hard disk, but won't be able to delete anything from it or look at your work.
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