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Subject: Re: Hidden spot on hard drives?
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On Oct 5, 2005, at 12:44 PM, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:

>
> the company where I work (with Windows) is evaluating a copy  
> protection
> product that stores info somewhere on the HDD where the user cannot  
> touch it,
> a format will not erase it, and Norton Ghost will not find it.

If the product can touch it, the user can touch it.  After all, the  
product is run by the user.

Chad


>
> 1.  Any idea where this info could be stored?
> 2.  Any way the same thing could be done under FreeBSD?
>
> Thanks,
>
> jm
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