From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   knuttle wrote:   
   > On 01/10/2026 10:29 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >> The only thing that is difficult is to log into the operating system after   
   >> you BOOT to that drive, but if you boot on another drive, the data is free.   
   > So as I understand what your are saying.   
   >   
   > If I put the locked computer drive into a second computer with known   
   > passwords as the primary (boot drive), the second computer will initiate   
   > the OS and the data will be unavailable.   
      
   Hi Keith,   
      
   Unfortunately, you're using terms which aren't explicit, since a "locked   
   computer drive" can mean a whole bunch of things, each of which can be   
   different.   
      
   I can't count the number of times I used a boot drive as a data drive   
   simply by not booting to it, but I've never been able to unencrypt any   
   drive that was wholly encrypted without the login/passwd.   
      
   In the interest of clarity, may I ask...   
    a. Is the drive completely encrypted?   
    b. Or is it just a normal boot drive with a user login/password on the OS?   
      
   If it's a normal boot drive, like billions of other boot drives, that just   
   happens to boot to Windows 10 and then ask for a password, you can access   
   it trivially.   
      
   Just don't boot to it.   
   Boot to any other operating system, and access it as a secondary drive.   
      
   I do that all the time.   
      
   Just two days ago, I installed Windows 10 on top of a boot drive.   
   All without knowing the login/password of the account on the boot drive.   
      
   It's trivial to do.   
   I do it all the time.   
      
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