August  wrote:   
      
    AA> Can a linux (ubuntu) hdd that is pw-protected (login pw only) be read as   
    AA> an external hdd on another pc (either windows or linux)? Or... does the   
    AA> login pw adequately protect access to the contents?   
      
   	If it is a HD password, forget it ! If it is a power on PW or any other PW,   
   it should be read on another PC USB port. A HD PW set via BIOS is in a sector   
   just behind the MBR, the setting of a PW also introduces an offset from the   
   MBR so that this sector behind the 0,0,1 is sought on booting and will not be   
   satisfied until the PW is typed in, thus, if you connect it to a USB port, the   
   same offset is present, your goose is cooked !   
      
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