Pocket Windows, able to see IDE drive?

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Subject Author Date Pocket Windows, able to see IDE drive? Tx2 09-01-2006  Re: Pocket Windows, able to see IDE drive? Anonyma 09-01-2006  Re: Pocket Windows, able to see IDE drive? Stuart Miller 09-03-2006
Posted by Tx2 on September 1, 2006, 1:15 pm If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options As it is possible to boot into a Windows XP from a USB memory stick, would the IDE/SATA drive in the 'host' machine then be visible as a secondary drive? Is there any way to lock access to a drive if this is the case? Posted by Anonyma on September 1, 2006, 2:54 pm If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options Tx2 wrote: > As it is possible to boot into a Windows XP from a USB memory stick, would > the IDE/SATA drive in the 'host' machine then be visible as a secondary > drive? Absolutely. > Is there any way to lock access to a drive if this is the case? Not really. Windows is built for ease of use, not security. You could restrict access, but getting it back is child's play. This is why so many people suggest truly multiuser operating systems like Linux for this. Posted by Stuart Miller on September 3, 2006, 11:17 pm If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > As it is possible to boot into a Windows XP from a USB memory stick, would > the IDE/SATA drive in the 'host' machine then be visible as a secondary > drive? Is there any way to lock access to a drive if this is the case? Two things come to mind here 1. protect the boot sequence with a cmos password 2. prevent physical access to the inside of computer. All the intruder has to do is move the hard drive to another machine, or jumper it as slave and boot from their own hard drive. 3. encryption It would be really interesting to see what xp does when it tries to find drivers for all the 'new' devices it sees, but theoretically it is 'possible' to boot either way. Stuart Similar Threads Posted Pocket PC Security Survey August 2, 2005, 11:33 pm Re: Security feature in Microsoft's new Windows (Vista) could drive users nuts May 16, 2006, 11:05 pm Defragmeting a USB drive October 21, 2006, 6:04 am Whole drive =?UTF-8?B?Y3J5cHQ/?= November 16, 2008, 3:46 pm Drive Crypt November 23, 2008, 6:07 am Hard Drive scrub June 17, 2005, 6:18 am Protecting my hard drive? September 14, 2005, 7:25 pm Can you keep a secret? This encrypted drive can... October 30, 2006, 11:25 pm External Drive Encryption April 5, 2007, 9:29 am Password lost on a USB Jump drive September 5, 2005, 5:25 pm