You may want try to boot from the ISO cd image file stored in your hdd, cf:Originally Posted by LiLdEmOnDoG
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11796 & http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition
I use it every day. You will have the same limitations as booting from the cd/dvd except that it boots way faster.
And you may consider the use of a persistent home directory to prevent loosing your data every time you boot ...
This approach is the only "clean" way I found to run Linux on a corporate computer
where the install of an other OS is simply not allowed
and where all traces of Linux can be simply removed
in a couple of seconds from a running windoze (like in a Panic mode) !
My 2 cents,
Gilles

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