I put xp on two drives, and use one of them for banking,etc and the other is
for going crazy,testing new programs,etc. I use AV on the 'crazy use' drive
and there are often malware caught as well.
But I am concerned as to what chance there is of any virus/trojan/etc
jumping or being installed from the 'crazy use' drive to the 'safe use' one ?
I need to clarfiy that, xp is installed on two hard disks.
"Mani" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I put xp on two drives, and use one of them for banking,etc and the other is
> for going crazy,testing new programs,etc. I use AV on the 'crazy use' drive
> and there are often malware caught as well.
>
> But I am concerned as to what chance there is of any virus/trojan/etc
> jumping or being installed from the 'crazy use' drive to the 'safe use' one ?
>
> Any tips very welcome.TY.
If you have Windows installed on 2 hard disks set up in 2 partitions, they
should generally run independent from one another. But if you are really
concerned, you can set the AV program to scan the partition that the other
installation of xp is on as well as the one its installed on. Best of luck!
"Mani" <Mani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I need to clarfiy that, xp is installed on two hard disks.
>
> "Mani" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I put xp on two drives, and use one of them for banking,etc and the other
>> is
>> for going crazy,testing new programs,etc. I use AV on the 'crazy use'
>> drive
>> and there are often malware caught as well.
>>
>> But I am concerned as to what chance there is of any virus/trojan/etc
>> jumping or being installed from the 'crazy use' drive to the 'safe use'
>> one ?
>>
>> Any tips very welcome.TY.
kenkcj wrote:
> If you have Windows installed on 2 hard disks set up in 2 partitions,
> they should generally run independent from one another. But if you
> are really concerned, you can set the AV program to scan the
> partition that the other installation of xp is on as well as the one
> its installed on. Best of luck!
> "Mani" <Mani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D5540A2-024D-43A0-997F-7525ACC2A621@microsoft.com...
>> I need to clarfiy that, xp is installed on two hard disks.
>>
>> "Mani" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I put xp on two drives, and use one of them for banking,etc and the
>>> other is
>>> for going crazy,testing new programs,etc. I use AV on the 'crazy
>>> use' drive
>>> and there are often malware caught as well.
>>>
>>> But I am concerned as to what chance there is of any
>>> virus/trojan/etc jumping or being installed from the 'crazy use'
>>> drive to the 'safe use' one ?
>>>
>>> Any tips very welcome.TY.
Or create two computer profiles; one for each system. Then one can't see
the other at all. I have three: The original profile, one for banking, and
the other for "the rest" of hte world.
Malware doesn't respect drive boundaries or anything like that; if it
gets in and searches, it may well search every drive, even network drives.
So you're right; caution is necessary.
I don't know how, but there are also ways to use gpo to isolate the other
drive, too.
Caveat: Technically you cannot install XP twice on the same computer, so
I'm not sure what the WGA et al will do when/if they catch onto this.
Probably nothing, but something to keep an eye on just in case things go
awry.
"Poprivet" <poprivet@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:%23PKxkuosHHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> kenkcj wrote:
>> If you have Windows installed on 2 hard disks set up in 2 partitions,
>> they should generally run independent from one another. But if you
>> are really concerned, you can set the AV program to scan the
>> partition that the other installation of xp is on as well as the one
>> its installed on. Best of luck!
>> "Mani" <Mani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5D5540A2-024D-43A0-997F-7525ACC2A621@microsoft.com...
>>> I need to clarfiy that, xp is installed on two hard disks.
>>>
>>> "Mani" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I put xp on two drives, and use one of them for banking,etc and the
>>>> other is
>>>> for going crazy,testing new programs,etc. I use AV on the 'crazy
>>>> use' drive
>>>> and there are often malware caught as well.
>>>>
>>>> But I am concerned as to what chance there is of any
>>>> virus/trojan/etc jumping or being installed from the 'crazy use'
>>>> drive to the 'safe use' one ?
>>>>
>>>> Any tips very welcome.TY.
>
> Or create two computer profiles; one for each system. Then one can't see
> the other at all. I have three: The original profile, one for banking,
> and the other for "the rest" of hte world.
>
> Malware doesn't respect drive boundaries or anything like that; if it
> gets in and searches, it may well search every drive, even network drives.
> So you're right; caution is necessary.
>
> I don't know how, but there are also ways to use gpo to isolate the other
> drive, too.
>
> Caveat: Technically you cannot install XP twice on the same computer, so
> I'm not sure what the WGA et al will do when/if they catch onto this.
> Probably nothing, but something to keep an eye on just in case things go
> awry.
>
If the same key has been used to install the two instances of XP, then WGA
or anything else won't tumble because when the bootup hardware change check
is made, the installation will always conform. Even if WGA remotely checks
the machine, only the primary hard disk type will have changed and this
falls within the permitted number of of changes.
M.I.5¾ wrote:
> "Poprivet" <poprivet@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:%23PKxkuosHHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> kenkcj wrote:
>>> If you have Windows installed on 2 hard disks set up in 2
>>> partitions, they should generally run independent from one another.
>>> But if you are really concerned, you can set the AV program to scan
>>> the partition that the other installation of xp is on as well as
>>> the one its installed on. Best of luck!
>>> "Mani" <Mani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:5D5540A2-024D-43A0-997F-7525ACC2A621@microsoft.com...
>>>> I need to clarfiy that, xp is installed on two hard disks.
>>>>
>>>> "Mani" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I put xp on two drives, and use one of them for banking,etc and
>>>>> the other is
>>>>> for going crazy,testing new programs,etc. I use AV on the 'crazy
>>>>> use' drive
>>>>> and there are often malware caught as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I am concerned as to what chance there is of any
>>>>> virus/trojan/etc jumping or being installed from the 'crazy use'
>>>>> drive to the 'safe use' one ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any tips very welcome.TY.
>>
>> Or create two computer profiles; one for each system. Then one
>> can't see the other at all. I have three: The original profile,
>> one for banking, and the other for "the rest" of hte world.
>>
>> Malware doesn't respect drive boundaries or anything like that; if
>> it gets in and searches, it may well search every drive, even
>> network drives. So you're right; caution is necessary.
>>
>> I don't know how, but there are also ways to use gpo to isolate the
>> other drive, too.
>>
>> Caveat: Technically you cannot install XP twice on the same
>> computer, so I'm not sure what the WGA et al will do when/if they
>> catch onto this. Probably nothing, but something to keep an eye on
>> just in case things go awry.
>>
>
> If the same key has been used to install the two instances of XP,
> then WGA or anything else won't tumble because when the bootup
> hardware change check is made, the installation will always conform. Even
> if WGA remotely checks the machine, only the primary hard disk
> type will have changed and this falls within the permitted number of
> of changes.
=?Utf-8?B?TWFuaQ==?= wrote:
>
> I put xp on two drives, and use one of them for banking,etc and the other is
> for going crazy,testing new programs,etc. I use AV on the 'crazy use' drive
> and there are often malware caught as well.
Yes there are viruses, and even perhaps malware, that can jump from
drive to drive, just by clicking on the "infected" file. In other words,
you may have a perfectly clean independent HDD, but click on an malware
file and it may immediately jump to the other "clean" drive. Thus
infecting it as well. Best bet is to practice "safe computing" and stay
away from file sharing and "expermental" files and/or the latest thing
published on the Interenet, as it may only have been tested out on a
single, authors, pc. and then distributed via the WWWW.
doing this safely ? 
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