Re: Setting some access rights on a multi-boot system



On 27 sep, 22:37, Malke <notrea...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Use a boot manager such as Acronis Disk Director or BootIT NG to hide
each install from the other. Put a BIOS password on setup (not for
booting the OS) and change the boot order to hard drive first. Then if
each user doesn't know the passwords for the accounts on the other
system, it will be more difficult for them to access it.

Thanks a lot for this tip. I will probably do this.


Note that I say "more difficult" and not "impossible".
But you need to know that any computer running
any operating system can be accessed by someone with 1) physical access;
2) time; 3) skill; 4) tools.

I know this : a hard disk can be extracted from the PC and formatted
again but the people I



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