[LUNI] precautionary tales: Win XP, NTFS, and SATA

[Janine Starykowicz]

Chad Perrin wrote:

> I never said it destroys data.  The problem is that it caused Windows, 
> in one of its first acts as it tries to boot, to think there's no hard 
> drive because it rejected the driver.  As such, the booting operating 
> system thinks there's no bootable operating system.  The only way to 
> access the data is with a different OS.
>
Can't WinXP boot from floppy/CD?

Janine