Questions tagged [truecrypt]
Truecrypt is software that is used to encrypt or decrypt (virtual) partitions or entire drives.
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Can Windows damage a mounted TrueCrypt drive on shutdown?
I have Windows 7, and I have one encrypted TrueCrypt drive which is auto mounted on Windows logon with a script. But on Windows shutdown I don't use a script to dismount the drive before shutting ...
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How do you get mac truecrypt to work with the latest Mac operating systems
How do you get mac truecrypt to work with the latest Mac operating systems. When I try run truecrypt currently it says I needs at least 10.4. I am on yosemite
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TrueCrypt Volume Container Missing in Strange Circumstances
i have a truecrypt container for over 2 years now, i work on it everyday, the underlying file system is NTFS, and i am running truecrypt 7.0a/windows 7 x32, no hidden volume, and the truecrypt volume ...
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Can I mount fully encrypted HDD from another HDD? (TrueCrypt)
I have two HDDs. One with Windows 7 installed, another with Ubuntu. The first one is fully encrypted with TrueCrypt while the other one with Ubuntu is not.
HDD A -> Win7, encrypted
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Network File/Media Server with encryption
I am using an Asus RT-AC68U router and I just acquired an external HDD that I want to keep it plugged into the USB 3.0 port in order to expose data into my home network. I am looking for a way to keep ...
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TrueCrypt dismount on Windows 8.1 keeps prompting: "volume contains files or folders being used by applications or system"
I have a volume mounted by TrueCrypt. All works fine, except when I try to dismount it (after verifying I don't have any application or explorer using anything in it). Every time I click the Dismount ...
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"Hacking" Into my own 500 GB Seagate External Hard-drive
Throughout college—and dating back before high school—I had been backing up important information/application etc… on an external 500 GB Seagate Hard Drive.
I was anxious about losing the contents of ...
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TrueCrypt disk encryption causes extremely slow Windows startup
I have a Windows desktop that was fast on startup until I encrypted the hard disk with TrueCrypt. Now it takes maybe around 3 minutes to startup after I type in my key. Then when my desktop appears, ...
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Decrypted Trucrypt drive won't mount in another computer
I am upgrading computers and will use Bitlocker on the new machine.
I decrypted my system drive on the old machine that was encrypted with TC so that I can more easily transfer my old data across.
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Run an interactive script with administrator privileges, before user login
Windows 7.
I have a script which mount a TrueCrypt partition and share it across a LAN.
Because this script must run with administrator (at least power user) privileges, I place it in gpedit.msc -> ...
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Trucrypt volume on Raid5
I have a NAS with the system disk on SSD and 8 HDD's in a RAID5 configuration (using an IBM5015 card). The RAID5 volume is encrypted using truecrypt.
What happens if the computer dies ? My raid card ...
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Suggestions for use case pattern using truecrypt to encrypt user folders in windows 8.1
I have a new windows 8.1 notebook computer and I want to use truecrypt with it to make all of my data secure. My computer has 2 different drives. My first idea was to encrypt all of my drives. However,...
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Formatting hard drive works on windows, not on linux
Alright this is driving me crazy.
About a month ago I finally migrated to Linux almost exclusively (I only use windows for gaming these days) and so decided to migrate my data storage as well. I ...
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TrueCrypt transfer to Drobo is very slow
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I'm getting very slow 2 MB/s transfer speeds. I have a computer with a 5.4k RPM spinning disk drive connected to the motherboard via SATA 1 then through USB 3.0 to a Drobo disk array also ...
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TrueCrypt - Recover file from encrypted container using offsets
So I had a drive that I had fully encrypted using TrueCrypt that, thanks to having multiple distractions during the Windows 7 install process, I mistakenly managed to format. There was only one file ...
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Truecrypt: Knowing if a drive is crypted or not and how truecrypt handles drives
I've got a laptop with 2 116gb drives on it.
I've done a full system encryption with truectypt, but I'm not sure if truecrypt has encrypted both of them or not.
When I go in the menu Tools-->Volume ...
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Decrypt TrueCrypt WDE from another OS?
My HDD with Windows 7 on it and TrueCrypt whole disk encryption got corrupted. I am able to boot the disk, enter TC password and I get the black screen with Windows logo on it, but that's as far as it ...
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TrueCrypt 7.1a - resume encryption process
I have fully encrypted my system drive, but had to go back to a restore point (Win 7) before the disk was fully encrypted - thus it seems TrueCrypt thinks the process of encryption has to be resumed, ...
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Laptop security plan: Acronis True Image + TrueCrypt + Prey
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I'm working since 2 years as a software developer and sys admin. I never had anything useful on my pc. Now it's full of personal and sensitive data (passwords/source codes, etc).
Now that ...
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Make TrueCrypt volume's file updated immediately?
I am using TrueCrypt volume's file with dropbox's syncing. I noticed dropbox only syncs when I unmount the volume's file so I think TrueCrypt only updates the file when it's unmounted as well. I only ...
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How can I perform a full system backup of my Truecrypted XP machine to a Truecrypted destination?
I suppose I'm looking for a method or tool that can create a full system/bare metal backup from within XP. It may also be possible for me to use a non-Truecrypted destination, but this would not be ...
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Access TrueCrypt mount over network
I'm running Linux Mint in a Virtual Machine (VMWare) with a Windows 7 as host. I shared one of my Windows partitions to access it in the Linux guest using Samba because of a problem with permissions I ...
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Truecrypt mount system drive from "outside"
i am trying to mount an encrypted system disk from a Winbuilder Win 8 live disk with Truecrypt 7.1a.
The encrypted disk originally has a 100GB and a 400GB partition, but truecrypts mount dialogue ...
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Encrypting boot SSD and data drive
I use a 120GB SSD as my boot/system drive, and I have a 1TB SSHD that I use as a data drive. Many of my applications are stored on the SSHD, and Windows does not function properly if the data drive is ...
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Truecrypt crashes, recover container
This morning I found out that my 30gb truecrypt container cannot be accessed.
When I select the file and enter the password, Truecrypt freezes for almost 2 minutes.
I cannot open the encrypted volume ...
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Truecrypt file RevoveryProblem
I faced a terrible thing,that is when I use virus software to scan my computer(at the same time,I mount my external drive,but I didn't type truecrypt password to open the drive),there is no virus in ...
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Cannot see hard drive after failed Truecrypt decryption
I was decrypting Truecrypt external drive and at 25% it said there was a corrupt data so it replaced it with random data. After that the decryption failed completely. I deferred the decryption and ...
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Truecrypt External HHD volume mounts but shows as unformatted
I’m away from home for two weeks carrying files in an external USB 3 HDD completely formatted as a Truecrypt volume (HD is NTFS formatted I think). I can mount the volume in Truecrsaypt, so it shows ...
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possible to encrypt "C:\Users\user1\AppData" with truecrypt?
I am looking for a way to encrypt some of the profile folders with truecrypt. Encrypting the system drive is not an option.
How can I encrypt C:\Users\user1\AppData with truecrypt?
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Truecrypt password issue, have recovery disk
I am trying to log in to a laptop that has not been used since the end of last year. The laptop has Truecrypt 7.1 along with Windows 7.
I am 99% sure I am using the correct password. On entering the ...
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Does TrueCrypt offer error correction or file redundancy?
I am interested in using OS encryption when I reformat my PC soon. I am afraid of transfer errors and what happens if the disk is not dismounted properly (such as BSOD or other crash, or physically ...
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Accessing a truecrypt volume from a different computer
I made a truecrypt hidden volume on my windows 7 computer. And when i plug my flash drive into my windows XP machine. and load the drive. It doesn't accept the password even though i checked the ...
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Mount ddrescue imaged password protected drive
I'm trying to recover a crashed HD from a Macbook.
I've imaged the HD successfully onto my external HD but when I try to mount it I get a mount_hfs: Invalid argument error. I'm assuming this is ...
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TrueCrypt Failing to Decrypt External Hard Drive after changing Enclosures
I have a 4TB external hard drive that was previously encrypted using TrueCrypt. The power source on the hard drive enclosure failed, so I had to switch the hard drive itself into a new enclosure. I ...
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Locking a partition/drive
I am working in an environment where people share the same PC running Windows 7. I would like to put my private files in an encrypted partition so that I can lock it when I leave the PC, yet leave the ...
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How to mount encrypted rootfs using uboot without entering password on beaglebone black
I am using Beaglebone Black as my board.
I want to encrypt internal eMMC of BBB.(rootfs)
I am using debian.
there is two partition on eMMC.
1st for boot :vfat 16 (which include MLO and u-boot.img )
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Clone USB-drive bit for bit
I have a USB-drive that is encrypted with Truecrypt. Now, I'd like to make a copy of it from time to time, so I need a method of cloning the USB.
The two USB-sticks are of same size, brand, and type, ...
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How to encrypt my system (harddisk) on Windows 8.1 pro?
on my previous laptop I ran Windows 7 with TrueCrypt to encrypt my entire harddisk (There was only one in that laptop).
The reason I do this is because I create software for multiple clients and that ...
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TrueCrypt encrypted volume became mountable?
I have a TrueCrypt-encrypted volume as an external USB drive used with my OSX tower. Usually when plugging in the drive, the OS gives a popup indicating it recognizes the drive that was inserted does ...
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Finding files/folders deleted from truecrypt container
In the course of "backing up" my TrueCrypt files, I managed to delete the wrong files (deleting my new files and and leaving the older backups instead). I tried pressing Ctrl-Z but no luck. I have ...
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How do I delete all partitions on USB in Windows 7?
I am trying to encrypt an entire USB drive with Truecrypt 7.1a. But as long as there is a partition it will only encrypt that. This will make it appear like the USB is full instead of completely empty,...
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Recovering data from possibly corrupted Truecrypt volume
I have an external hard drive (no system files on it) which has been encrypted using truecrypt.
Suddenly today when i tried to mount the hard drive, I got the following error:
Incorrect password or ...
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Permanently decrypt TrueCrypt SYSTEM drive mounted on a second computer?
I need to permanently decrypt a TrueCrypt SYSTEM drive that is mounted on a second system.
The System [menu] --> Permanently decrypt system drive/partition option does not work as the drive's Windows ...
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Dropbox on a TrueCrypt volume eats over 6GB of RAM, possible memory leak with memory-mapped files
I am using Dropbox with my folder on a TrueCrypt volume on an HP Pavilion Touch 14-N009LA with an AMD A8-4555 APU, 8 GB of RAM and Windows 8.1. When I run Dropbox, after about 15 minutes my RAM usage ...
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Open source alternative to Truecrypt? [closed]
I was using Truecrypt to encrypt by work file backup (on Windows 7).
Now suddenly it's gone.
Is there any other opensource encryption software for free?
What are the existing Truecrypt users ...
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How Do You Recover An Encrypted Partition?
I was reformatting one of my extra hard drives with Windows DiskPart and accidentally selected the wrong hard drive.
I used the clean command, but it wasn't long before I realized I cleaned the ...
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Encrypting GPT Windows 8.1 on a multi boot system?
I have setup LVM on LUKS for my Linux partitons which I am very happy with but I would also like to encrypt Windows 8.1. I had planned to use TrueCrypt until I learned it does not support GPT. I would ...
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Truecrypt using up all the disk space during decryption
I have a large raid 5 volume in virtualbox windows server 2008 encrypted with Truecrypt, i wanted to decrypt the entire volume, and so i clicked on permanently decrypt in Truecrypt, this went fine for ...
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How to encrypt an entire Disk with full cross platform access? [duplicate]
I would like to encrypt an external USB Hard Drive in manner that allows full access (read+write) from Ubuntu trusty, Windows 8 and optionally Android and older Windows versions. With TrueCrypt ...
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Development stopped: Is truecrypt unsecure? [closed]
I was looking for truecrypt today and found this:
http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/
The page layout changed and claims "truecrypt is unsecure". Futher:
"The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/...
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