creevy@qut.edu.au (Mr Emlyn Creevy) (01/17/91)
In article <valley.663194580@gsbsun>, valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) writes: > lev@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL (Lloyd E Vancil) writes: > >>In article <mFamu5w163w@syzzle.UUCP> system@syzzle.UUCP (SYSTEM 0PERATOR) writes: >>> There is a program out called fastlock (shareware) which replaces the >>>boot sector of a hard disk, and even if booted from floppy, the hard >>>disk cannot be accessed! I since it changes the boot sector, dos >>>gives an error when trying to access the hard disk (I believe it says >>>Invalid Boot Sector, or Invalid Media Type) But it does work. > >>So dick dastardly comes in keyboard in one hand and dos disk in the other, >>Boots your machine from his dos disk and types FORMAT C: > > Actually, D.D. (coincidentally, my initials) would have to use FDISK. > But the point is not so much to protect the machine as to protect the > data. They can have the machine, but they can only use the hard disk by > deleting all of your stuff. Or, to put it another way, at least if > you've been violated, you will know that it has occurred. -- Anyone with Norton Utils (or similar) and a good knowledge of the partition table and boot sector would be able to recover a substantial ammount of data. I would advise against such protection where sensitive data is at risk. Emlyn. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: CREEVY@QUT.EDU.AU SnailMail: PO. Box 1067 emlyn@water.qut.edu.au Toowong, Queensland emlyn@snow.qut.edu.au Australia. 4066 "I am unique, therefor MY thoughts, comments etc. are my own and do not in any way reflect those of my employer or my fellow workers" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------