Truecrypt is an open-source on-the-fly disk encryption utility for Windows, MacOS X, and Linux, currently maintained by The TrueCrypt Foundation. Truecrypt, unlike most other backup utilities, creates a single encrypted virtual drive, which is then mounted. Any files written to the mounted virtual ...
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FDE / SSD - partition and leave some unencrypted?
Just bought a used beast of a desktop pc. The system drive is setup as a Raid 0 SSD (Intel 510 SSD Drives) with 128 each. I will probably not have to many programs beyond office and maybe Adobe CS if ...
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Move boot partition from TrueCrypt to new drive?
I have a laptop with a 500 GB HDD. The C partition takes up almost all the drive. Have 2-3 other small partitions for manufacturer recovery software or system stuff; these came with the laptop.
The C ...
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Which encryption method is best used for my MacBook Pro which uses Boot Camp for Windows 7?
I'm running MBP 6,1 with Lion 10.7.4 and Boot Camp with Windows 7 x64.
I'm doing research to try and encrypt my laptop so that while I'm traveling I feel a little more secure about this machine in ...
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Truecrypt — comfortable system encryption on more hard disks?
I have an SSD with Windows 7 install on it (this is C:), and I have a traditional hard drive for data (such as movies; this is D:). I need the all my data to be encrypted (but I don't need a hidden ...
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VMware virtual HD performance with Truecrypt on the host - Use 2 GB chunks?
Configuration:
I am using VMware on a laptop computer, which is truecrypted as a theft precaution.
The VHDs are ceated as single growable files (i.e. not split in 2 GB chunks, no preallocation of ...
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installing linux on full disk encrypted machine
I have machine with windows 7 installed and full disk encryption using TrueCrypt. I'm wondering if there is a way to install linux next to windows but without reinstaling everything and loosing data?
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What risks am I taking encrypting a whole drive with TrueCrypt vs. several smaller encrypted file containers?
I would like to backup my data in an encrypted format. My plan is to use two encrypted hard drives.
Is it more likely that I would lose the whole drive if I use the entire disk encryption versus ...
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Truecrypt decrypting disk
My hard drive recently died, 80% is still readable though, however I wish to decrypt my disk and doing through the "bios" is so slow (because of all the bad sectors) and I want to continue decrypting ...
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TrueCrypt full disk encryption on the Intel 520 Series SSD
I am considering purchasing the Origin PC EON 11-S Pro laptop. It will be mounted to my wheelchair, so a solid-state drive (Intel 520 Series) will be used to eliminate any data loss due to low level ...
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Remove Grub 2 Blockfiles from Partition eg. /dev/sda1
In the process of setting up an encrypted windows partition along with a dual booting Ubuntu, I have had to install the grub boot loader onto a partition (/dev/sda1) instead of the mbr.
In this setup ...
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truecrypt container not syncing to google drive
I have a truecrypt container located in my Google drive. I mount the container, add a few files and then dismount it. However, the file won't sync as the timestamps remains the same. To prove that I'm ...
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Grub rescue - unknown filesystem after installing Ubuntu
I know there are plenty of similar threads all over the Internet but unfortunately, mine is a combination of specific settings which made me open a new thread.
I have a ASUS U36SD laptop with ...
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Safety of Truecrypt for Large Raid5 using ubuntu, mdadm, lvm, ext3?
I'm planning to set up a large (probably 6-9Tb) raid-5 array on ubuntu using mdadm, lvm and ext3. Does anyone have any opinions or suggestions on the safety of using a Truecrypt volume for that amount ...
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Use of multiple keyfiles for TrueCrypt
As mentioned in documentation, TrueCrypt would use first 1024 kilobytes of any large file to create SHA-512 Hash which will be combined with password to get the final hash.
E.g. ...
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TrueCrypt container in Google Drive
I have a TrueCrypt file container in the Google Drive folder. I add stuff into it, make sure TrueCrypt changed the timestamp of the container. Google Drive syncs with the server, but it seems it ...
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TrueCrypt full drive encryption [closed]
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Full disk encryption on dual boot system using TrueCrypt
I'm a little confused as to how TrueCrypt works. I have windows 7/linux(dual boot) installed on a netbook and I ...
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Using a keyfile with TrueCrypt
A TrueCrypt Keyfile generator generates a keyfile of size 64 bytes. Can I change the size to become like 100 bytes by adding some more random data to it? Also, Is it good idea to store it on Online ...
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How to use TrueCrypt with SkyDrive?
Dropbox handles TrueCrypt containers very nicely. When I update the TrueCrypt container then dismount it, Dropbox syncs only the modifications. Just what I wanted :)
SkyDrive on the other hand, ...
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Partitioning hard drive from Windows XP-SP3 installation manager
Planning to do a fresh install of Windows XP-SP3 and normally I just delete the current partition via the installation manager and create a new partition, but I just started using a TrueCrypt ...
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Rescue TrueCrypt encrypted OS after booting from wrong stand-by state
It seems like I destroyed my truecrypt encrypted OS partition when I accidentally restarted my laptop after having another OS in stand by. Here is exactly what I did:
I was running windows 7 on an ...
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TrueCrypt messes up its drive letters
For some reason, about 50% of the time when I mount a volume with TrueCrypt, it mounts to a different drive letter, forcing me to un-mount it and re-mount it to the drive letter I need.
(I mount the ...
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Files names with forbidden characters for Windows, disappeared in TrueCrypt
I have files and folders in a TrueCrypt volume that contain the character :, which is not tolerated by Windows. These files were named with this character on a Linux system. When I opened the ...
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Is there any benefit to full disk encryption if I always leave my PC on?
As I understand it, full disk encryption encrypts all data on a HDD and protects that data with a password. If I turn my PC off and it gets stolen, all my data, passwords etc. are protected. But I ...
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Encrypted Windows 7 & Linux Advice Wanted
I would like to set up my laptop to dual boot Arch Linux and Windows 7 with file sharing and encryption. Just wanted some advice on going about this because I have not dealt with encryption nor file ...
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TrueCrypt Rescue disk - security hazard?
I wonder if TrueCrypt rescue disk even makes sense to keep. Lets assume for a second there is a corruption on the disk. Rescue disk will not help here, because the data is invalid anyway. But on the ...
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HowTo for using key files with Truecrypt
Ever since I've seen the option to use a key file I was wondering what are good criteria to select or create a key file that will be used for a Truecrypt container?
Can I simply learn the preamble of ...
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Accessing a windows truecrypt volume using ubuntu Bis
I have the same problem as Heinrich in this post
He found a way to resolve it but he is not describing it so if you have any idea how to do this :
restore the volume using a Windows PE ...
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Windows 7, TrueCrypt and Sleep - automount when resuming machine
Is there a way to get a TrueCrypt container to mount automatically when resuming from Windows 7 Sleep? I have the container saved on my system disk, it's not on a separate external hard drive. The ...
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Will all the files become corrupted inside TrueCrypt?
If I had 15 files in a TrueCrypt Container/Volume and then suppose if the encrypted volume becomes corrupted at some position in container file. Does it mean the volume cannot be decrypted anymore to ...
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Migrate TrueCrypt system volume to a new drive (Windows, SSD)
The only good advice I have seen so far was to decrypt system drive, then migrate using Acronis or whatnot, then encrypt it back.
This advice works, except with SSD you could have as well just left ...
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Chkdisk on a pre-boot authentication truecrypt drive via VirtualBox
2 drives:
150gb - Linux Mint (not encrypted)
300gb - Windows Vista 64-bit (truecrypt with preboot authentication)
I need to repair my windows install (freezes trying to load a system dll, spinrite ...
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Can we create a dynamic sized TrueCrypt container on Mac OS X?
Is it possible to create a dynamic TrueCrypt container on Mac OS X?
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Truecrypt and hidden volumes [closed]
I would like to know the opinion of some users using (or not) the hidden volume encryption feature of Truecrypt.
Personally until now I never used this feature: on Windows I encrypt the system drive ...
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Shadow copy referencing invalid volume from symboliclink when using TrueCrypt
I recently replaced my motherboard after the last one failed (was shorting and causing random reboots). I'm sure this was not healthy for the machine, and that a clean install would do wonders, but ...
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Installing Windows on an encrypted drive
Is it possible to install Windows on an already encrypted drive? Or do I need to decrypt it first, install Windows again on a partition and then recrypt it?
I just need to install some tracking ...
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Trucecrypt one contaner on another [closed]
What is more secure? To use one container encrypted with AES>Twofish>Serpent = 768bits key size
or to make an AES container and inside it make another container encrypted with Twofish and finally ...
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Restore bootmgr on encrypted Windows 7 (truecrypt)
I had Windows 7 and XP on my laptop (win7 had been installed before xp). I encrypted Windows 7 and after that I removed XP. Today truecrypt welcome me with message "bootmgr is missing".
Is it ...
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How to fix Truecrypt MBR using Command Prompt or Linux live USB?
I was playing with TrueCrypt and decided to make a fresh installation of Windows 7 from USB stick.
Unfortunately Windows 7 installer: "setup was unable to create a new system partition"
My entire ...
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TrueCrypt - System partition or drive encryption without pre-boot authentication
I can't seem to find a way to encrypt my entire system partition or the entire drive and be able to skip the pre-boot authenticaion.
I need to be able to boot the machine into the normal encrypted ...
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Full disk encryption on a dual boot system OS X/Win7 (one hard disk)
I have a macbook pro with lion on it. I'd like to put win 7 on it and dual boot it - on the same HDD.
I'd also like to encrypt as much of it as possible and use open source encryption if possible.
I ...
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Acronis backup of TrueCrypt encrypted hard drive
Our company will soon be using TrueCrypt to fully encrypt our laptop users' hard drives. Normally, when making an image backup of the laptop, we would do a standard (standard as in mostly using all ...
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Will there be preformance issues on dynamic volumes after its been filled?
From http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=creating-new-volume
WARNING: Performance of dynamic (sparse-file-hosted) TrueCrypt volumes
is significantly worse than performance of regular volumes. ...
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Truecrypt on Snow Leopard unmounts all volumes but I want to unmount only one
I configured two encrypted volumes using a file (not a physical volume) for each one.
I'm using TrueCrypt 7.1 on MacOSX Snow Leopard. Why if I close the TrueCrypt GUI without unmounting the volumes, ...
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Recovering Corrupted TrueCrypt Data?
I recently attempted to set up an encrypted TrueCrypt folder (non-hidden) on my USB Flash Drive. Before doing anything I copied all the files on the USB to my computer's harddrive. I then deleted ...
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Error when mounting more than one truecrypt
I'm trying to mount two truecrypt volume. After I mounted the first one I can't mount the second one. If I unmount the first one than I can mount the second one. I'm getting the following error:
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How to move MFT on Windows 7
I am currently in the process of cloning my HDD to a SSD.
As the HDD (320GB) is bigger than the SSD (120GB) it was recommended that the HDD be shrunk to a smaller size than the SSD. Using windows 7 ...
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Forgot password - Rescue Disk does not work
I have entire drive encrypted by TrueCrypt. What is sad, I forgot my password since I changed it to more complex one.
I have Rescue Disc created with old password which I remember.
Unfortunately, I'm ...
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Mounting truecrypt volume under PHP
I would like to mount a trucrypt volume using PHP, but I'm getting the following return value from the exec command: Enter keyfile [none]:
This is how i tried:
First try:
truecrypt -p password ...
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truecrypt drive encryption NTFS compression
I have an external (non-system) drive with whole disk Truecrypt encryption.
When I mount the NTFS volume there is no option to compress contents in the drive->properties. And truecrypt mounted ...
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Can drive encryption cause faster drive failure?
For about the past two years I've used TrueCrypt to encrypt my entire hard drive. During this time I've had a complete hard drive failure (data unrecoverable, had to RMA the drive) twice. I've never ...
