Hi Shikher,
You should get your heart set on something else,
because you are not going to be able to hide those partitions.
Even if you could, you will need to make them shown again, before
shutting
down the computer.
The computer cannot boot from a partition it can't see.
If you are wanting to avoid infections, then run a good security
software
suite,
and change your e-mail and internet surfing habits.
Most computer viruses are contracted as a result of installing software
from
less than well-known sites, and opening e-mail messages from people you
don't know.
If you are going to have a dual, or multi-boot system,
you will need to make sure that each operating system is protected by
security software while in use.
The only other way I can think of to use other operating systems on one
machine
is to install them in a virtual environment, within a host operating
system.
I can't speak to that type of arrangement, since I have never tried it,
and so I don't know what the security concerns would be.
HTH,
Richard Q. Justice-website owner
www.blind-computing.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "shikher goyal" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 12:15 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] querey regarding dual booting
hello to all
hope all are fine
as subject line shows that i've little querey regarding dual booting.
in my lapi, there are four drives(c:, d:, e:,f:) and configuration is
also suitable for dual booting.
now come to the point, i want two drives i.e. c: and e: for XP and
d:, f: for vista.
i don't want to show d: and f:(vista's partitions) while i'm in XP and
similar during running vista not to show XP's two partitions to avoid
infecting both OS files from virus if virus comes during work in one
OS.
and to keep data private.
i want two- two partitions one for instaling OS and second for keeping
data.
actually i had both XP and vista instaled at my laptop previously but
due to virus infection at my both drives which had XP and vista, i had
to reinstall. now i'm running XP only. that's whyy....
i think i've cleared my querey.
with regards
shikher goyal
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