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I am wanting to install linux on a usb3 drive for it to operate completely isolated from windows on my pc. Currently i have zorin os 9 installed on the usb stick (via Universal usb installer). But i am not happy about it being able to access my primary hard drive etc.

 

My computer has a single 1tb hard drive which contains windows + personal files all on a single partition. I want this to be left 100% alone when i run linux from the usb stick, essentially i want the hard drive to be treated as if it isnt there just as if i had it unplugged. In the same way that i would want the usb stick to act as a native internal drive on my PC when it is plugged in. The result being similar to having two completely seperate physical computers.

 

Is this possible and if so does anyone have any tips or pointers on how to do it or find more information about doing so?

 

Thnaks

 

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I found my old 256mb stick recently and installed Slax into it. Haven't tested that yet but website claims that it would work like linux that is installed to physical drives. Just that all settings and programs will be installed on USB.

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If you're running windows 8/8.1/8.1.1 then use the hibernate option instead of shutdown. It actually locks the HDD so it appears but it can not be accessed.

Not sure if this works with 7 I figured it out totally by accident.

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If you're running windows 8/8.1/8.1.1 then use the hibernate option instead of shutdown. It actually locks the HDD so it appears but it can not be accessed.

Not sure if this works with 7 I figured it out totally by accident.

 

I can confirm that it works with 7... I dual boot Linux Mint 17 and Windows 7... I couldn't access the partition containing 7 when I hibernated windows instead of shutting down...

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To blacklist just run

sudo echo "blacklist sd_mod" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

then next time you reboot you won't see your SATA hard drive.

 

Or run

sudo modprobe -r sd_mod

to unload the SATA module without rebooting. Which is what you wanted, is it not?

 

Does this just disable the drive or all drives on that controller. This could be really helpful.

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  • Mobo: Asus Z170-AR
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