How does DPAPI and ProtectedData.Protect() handle Disk Images/Clones in .net 4?

How does DPAPI and ProtectedData.Protect() handle Disk Images/Clones in
.net 4?

References

Reference NO 1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13651725/how-does-dpapi-and-protecteddata-protect-handle-disk-images-clones-in-net-4

Reference NO 2

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13361242/getting-access-denied-when-try-to-protect-data

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14149769/information-on-data-protection-api-dpapi

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11975173/whose-passoword-does-dpapi-use-to-encrypt

Reference NO 5

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18323736/backing-up-master-key-in-dpapi

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http://www.sensepost.com/blog/?find=reversing

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