CptMurphy Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Okay, so I installed 2K on my system as a test system on my system which already has XP. However, the MBR or bootloader was corrupted and no manner of using fixmbr or fixboot from the recovery app worked. Oh well. So I decided to just backup my important docs and files and what not and just reinstall the whole system. Here's the problem. I privatized the My Documents folder and wasn't able to get into it, even via command prompt, this is obious. However, I just decided to try it out and use the backup utility in win2k and low and behold, I was able to not only view my files, but back them up, and restore them in a seperate folder without any security issue whatsoever. Now, I'm wondering, is this just a backdoor for people designed to help them out, or is it a huge security flaw? Because, I gotta say, it was a relief that I didn't have to lose everything. I had some programs in there that I would not have liked to have lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 that`s interesting and wouldn't have expected it! i'd say it's a flaw... any other opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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