Re: Dual Boot Laptops

From: Mark Dormer (markd_at_mvpsx.org)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:33:37 +1100

You could use a boot manager to hide the other partition when an OS is
booted.
BootIt NG works well and is certainly a cheaper option than those you
mentioned
And you can try it out to see if it satisfies before purchasing
www.bootitng.com

Regards
Mark Dormer

"CanNear" <CanNear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:54003A32-4AB2-43D4-880B-48B792A6E632@microsoft.com...
> Our management recently made a decision to provide all laptop users with a
> dual boot environment - one for our corporate XP Pro image, the other
> configured as a Workgroup based system. The Workgroup based boot would be
> used by users when they are connected to their home network (also
> configured
> as a Workgroup environment). We have implemented a full locked down
> environment for the Corporate image, using GPOs.
>
> I would appreciate any feedback from the XP Security newsgroup as to what
> issues we could see with this type of configuration and the potential
> security issues with a dual boot configuration. For example, the users
> can
> see both partitions and copy files between them.
>
> Is there a tool and or utility that we could implement to hide the
> partition
> that is not in use? I have asked IBM (our laptop vendor) for such a tool,
> although they have not responded with a potential solution. We have also
> considered using a separate hard disk, depending on what environment the
> user
> wishes to access. The cost for such a solution on a ThinkPad laptop is
> approximately $800 CDN, something that has been deemed unrealistic. We
> have
> also looked at implementing VMWare Workstation as a potential solution,
> although this will cost $257 CDN per laptop.
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated....
>
> Regards,
>
> CanNear
>
>

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