Question Booting up a testing OS on separate disk on the main PC. It is safe? Privacy/Security issues?

[preguntonontrack]

Hello, hope everyone is great. I have my super PC i use for gaming, hobbies and personal use. Also, i had another great PC to test/try new software, open source software, check on viruses, maybe test insecure software etc etc i found online. That PC died during a power surge since it didnt had an UPS, motherboard is fried. I was wondering how unsafe is to add a new SATA SSD to my main PC do a new installation and continue doing my test and try new software on it? Main PC has 2 m.2 SSDs, one for the os and one for storage, was planning to add the new SATA SSD with a new windows installation and select in which i wanted to boot at boot..

 

[USAFRet]

Hello, hope everyone is great. I have my super PC i use for gaming, hobbies and personal use. Also, i had another great PC to test/try new software, open source software, check on viruses, maybe test insecure software etc etc i found online. That PC died during a power surge since it didnt had an UPS, motherboard is fried. I was wondering how unsafe is to add a new SATA SSD to my main PC do a new installation and continue doing my test and try new software on it? Main PC has 2 m.2 SSDs, one for the os and one for storage, was planning to add the new SATA SSD with a new windows installation and select in which i wanted to boot at boot..

If all your other drives are connected, and this 'test OS' gets a virus, all your other drives are subject to infection.

 

[preguntonontrack]

If all your other drives are connected, and this 'test OS' gets a virus, all your other drives are subject to infection.

I guess it works as an usb?

 

[USAFRet]

I guess it works as an usb?

Still in the same PC.

I use a VM for this function, or a whole other physical system.

 

[preguntonontrack]

Still in the same PC.

I use a VM for this function, or a whole other physical system.

Yeah i thought the same... Another question, is nto an option for me since my main OS is on a M.2 but if i had only sata droves. Disconnecting one os to use another is safe?

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah i thought the same... Another question, is nto an option for me since my main OS is on a M.2 but if i had only sata droves. Disconnecting one os to use another is safe?

Physical disconnection? Sure.

Thats a real PITA, though.

 

[preguntonontrack]

Thanks for answering