Isit possible to prevent an OS (dual boot) to access/mount any other partition

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Suppose I have a computer with a few OS-es

Partition 1: Manjaro Linux
Partition 2: Windows
Partition 3: Ubuntu Linux
Partition 4: Data

And I want to disallow Ubuntu from accessing/mounting any other drives. Isit possible? I think one way is encrypting the other drives? Any other way?

The context is I want to try setting up my work security software like JumpCloud/VPN but don't want anyone to try to access any other data.

Best Answer

On x86/x64, the operating system has full access to the system and underlying hardware. Unless you disable these drives in BIOS, the OS will be able to access them (and in fact, with UEFI the OS theoretically can enable them again).

Drive encryption is a possible solution, as is running the Ubuntu in a virtual machine. If you split the operating systems across different physical drives, you could disconnect the cables.

Besides that; I highly doubt that any security software would be searching for unmounted partitions, mount them and then start scanning them.

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