Partitioning,multibooting etc and security

From: David from Sydney (davidfromsydney@yahoo.com.au)
Date: 03/07/03 

From: "David from Sydney" <davidfromsydney@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 07:55:02 +1100

Hi Everyone,
1) Does placing data or programs on their own partition reduce or protect
against attack from viruses,worms,trojans etc.?
2)Does placing data or programs on their own partition reduce or protect
against attack from hackers?
3)Does booting into a separate instance of XP(or other OS) for surfing the
Web reduce or protect against attack from viruses,worms,trojans etc.?
4)Does booting into a separate instance of XP(or other OS) for surfing the
Web reduce or protect against attack from hackers?
TIA
David

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