>>>>> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LL> On Thursday 20 February 2003 11:29 pm, you wrote:
>> Well, I have tried a knoppix CD on my own machine and have full
>> "read" access to my XP partition without a problem at
>> all. Great recovery tools this knoppix eh ;)
>> Cheers...Kishore
LL> and i suppose, should you right-click the xp partition, you
LL> could happily set its attribute to write as well. yes? what
LL> about user data, as in personal files and folders of users who
LL> have accounts created on the xp machine. can you access those
LL> as well? maybe you should try booting a win2000 machine
LL> through knoppix and seeing if you have access to the win2k
LL> partitions as well. do lemme know please.
Erhm, sorry for raining on your parade, but you can do exactly the
same thing on your Linux partition too. Boot with Knoppix, open a
root shell and access all your Linux data.
There are no substitutes for:
1. Encrypting sensitive data, and
2. Keeping your system physically secure.
Regards,
-- Raju
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It is the mind that moves
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