Re: Drive letter assignment and security

From: Ron (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 04:30:53 -0800

thanks, that's what i was hoping to hear

>-----Original Message-----
>It should be. Most virus's aren't that complicated, so
if Windows can't see the drive, then the virus can't
either.
>
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>"Ron" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:10dbb01c3f401$d58abd90$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> this is the deal: i use a windows xp as my main os,
and
>> on a separate partition i have a minimal installation
of
>> windows 2000 which i use for various computer
>> administration tasks (like defragmenting the winxp
>> partition, cleaning viruses etc), and in case of a
>> disaster. now what i would like is some mechanism that
>> would ensure that the windows 2000 partition is
>> completely inaccessible while winxp is running, so
that
>> in case of a virus attack, for example, it is not
>> infected and i can regain control of the computer.
>>
>> the question: what i did so far is remove the letter
>> assignment to this partition, through the winxp disk
>> manager, so the win2000 partition doesn't seem to be
>> accessible through winxp. is this a good solution? is
it
>> secure enough that i can assume viruses and other
>> intruders will not be able to access this partition as
>> long as winxp is running? if not... is there a better
>> solution?
>.
>

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