Poor man's install, with extra storage, on NTFS/Win7

[kl522]

What was the Defining Experience that made you (anyone) become
less concerned with whether this was a risky business or not?

I wouldn't say poor-man install on NTFS and running knoppix fuse/ntfs-3g is totally safe, considering that in my opinion, the original Knoppix does not shutdown properly, especially on fuse/NTFS. However, it is definitely safer than trying to use Win7 VHD on Linux.