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Old 09-22-2006, 12:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally posted by mrdinkel
Yes. XP Home does NOT use the EFS, so with a nicely crafted DSL CD, one could access but not delete the data on the HDD. If you want BETTER data security, XP Professional (latest build) has the EFS (which one still has to turn on).

With EFS on, it just shows up as 0k in Linux. I know, because i researched it with my own box.
So... When Windows breaks and you can't boot, how are you supposed to use Knoppix to retrieve the data? And whats stopping me from formatting the harddrive?
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