Re: Will dual-boot setup allow me to isolate one OS from the internet?

Paranoia will make life difficult
Winxp is far more secure than win9*, assuming its updated.
Install a decent AV app and firewall, the winxp firewall is lacking - it
stops incoming, not outgoing.
Regularly run spyware apps, eg spybot, adaware
A nat reuter will also help.
Nothing is going to be installed on your sys unless you or someone else
installs it.
If you wish there are many apps that will encrypt your data.
Do you really think your info will be of interest to others?

"Martt" <Martt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Probably I'm paranoid about keystroke loggers, but I use removable HDD
sleds
on my PC. Have Win98 loaded on each HDD, but on one of them Internet
Explorer has no information allowing it to get to my ISP. I put
information
I'd like to keep private on that HDD, and usually I remember to disconnect
the cable to the router when using it. The other HDD is configured
normally
and used on line.

This isn't convenient but it appears to work. I have always been curious
however whether the "off-line" HDD is really isolated from the internet
unless I disconnect the cable to the router. So that's question #1.

I'm about to upgrade and would prefer to go with WinXP. However, it
presents a potential problem because it has to be registered to work. Is
it
correct I can install XP on both HDDs since they see the same CPU
configuration, just register the on-line copy and the other one will work?
That's question #2.

However, this removable-sled setup is a nuisance. If I install WinXP in
each of two partitions for a dual-boot setup on a single HDD, can I get
the
same level of on-line/off-line security with one HDD that I now think I
get
with two? That's question #3.

And will I be up against the "you can only install one copy of the OS"
problem again with XP, or is it not an issue if both copies are on the
same
HDD?

Thanks in advance!

Martt


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