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Truecrypt is software that is used to encrypt or decrypt (virtual) partitions or entire drives.

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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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Google Drive inside TrueCrypt folder

I want my Google Drive files to be locally stored in an encrypted way with TrueCrypt. There are two ways of doing this: put an encrypted folder inside your GDrive-folder, or put your GDrive-folder ...
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Windows 10 upgrade and Truecrypt

Can you safely upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 when using Truecrypt 7.1a without risk of corrupting the bootloader and without first decrypting the drive?
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Can VeraCrypt open an old TrueCrypt container?

I have a TrueCrypt container that was made some time in 2013. It's exactly 25MB and named secret.tc. I installed VeraCrypt 1.19 in macOS Sierra, but cannot seem to mount the container. The error in ...
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Unlock a Veracrypt/Truecrypt partition which uses a keyfile with a passphrase from /etc/crypttab

I have a Veracrypt (/Truecrypt) volume, which I can successfully unlock manually by providing a key file and passphrase: # cryptsetup --type tcrypt --key-file /.keyfile open /dev/nvme0n1p5 shared ...
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Why are TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt write speeds so *disproportionately* slow?

When I try to use TrueCrypt or VeraCrypt, write speeds are very slow, but read speeds are fast. This happens with both programs, and it occurs regardless of whether I'm using an encrypted file ...
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Accessing a TrueCrypt Encrypted Drive from a Dead Laptop

I have an old HP pavilion laptop lying around still -it died a few months ago, but the hard drive is fine. I had it fully encrypted with true crypt (pre-boot authentication). Recently I've purchased ...
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How do I disable "you need to format this disk" message in Windows Vista/7?

I've started using TrueCrypt to encrypt a partition on an external USB hard drive. I've opted for using a raw partition as opposed to a file container. But here's the annoyance. Whenever I connect ...
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Everyday usage of a computer encrypted with VeraCrypt

I'm considering adding encryption to my pc, but I wanted to ask how the daily usage of the computer changes after encrypting the Windows partition with Vera Crypt. Ideally I would like to encrypt the ...
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Windows 10 (unlike Win7) keeps losing index of mounted (virtual) drive

For years I have been mounting virtual drives at logon (encrypted drives which are TrueCrypt files). In the drive properties, I set Indexing to ON. Windows 7 used to index those drives properly. ...
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How to encrypt some file or partition with 2 factor authentication?

I would like to encrypt a file and use 2 factor authentication. What software and hardware do I need? One approach a password and a security token. Is it possible? Does TrueCrypt support this? ...
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Recover accidentally deleted VeraCrypt container

I created a VeraCrypt container and stored some files, but today I noticed that I mistakenly deleted that container from disk about 3 days ago. The size of the container was 30GB. What are my options ...
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Cloning/Imaging A Mounted TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt Volume

From VeraCrypt's documentation (here, section "System Partitions"), it sounds like one should be able to: 1) Boot a PE (or secondary OS), 2-3) Create & mount a new, empty encrypted volume (...
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Failed memory address

I'm getting the 'Non-system disk or disk error' message on an HP620 (circa 2011, dual core) after loading with Ubuntu. Running the 'Startup Test' from the HP 'System Diagnostics' gives: Failed memory ...
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Data Recovery From An Encrypted External Drive I Formatted? [duplicate]

I have a drive which is showing signs of bad sectors. Errors are "Current Pending Sector Count" and "Uncorrectable Sector Count". Crystal Disk Info did that buzz sound which I ...
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Recovering files from an old TrueCrypt file that uses a Linux FS

I have an old file created with TrueCrypt, which I need to recover the files from. I know the decryption key, that's not the problem. I can use VeraCrypt to open it. The problem is that the file uses (...
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Installed Windows 10, file permissions causing all sorts of problems with cygwin

A little bit about my setup: Was previously running Windows 7 with 0Patch, finally installed Windows 10 (clean install). All of my data is stored within an encrypted VHD (TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt) on a ...
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Windows 10 File Explorer Transfer Speed issue

I move a lot of files from one place to another and with a specific combo of 2 of my storage devices I noticed a strange behavior: When moving Data from one SSD to another SSD Transfer speeds are ...
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My harddrive is being weird

2 Months ago, i bought a WD Elements 2621 Hard Drive. I encrypted it using Truecrypt 7.1a and it worked perfectly for 1 month, 3 Weeks and 5 days. In the past 2 days, ive expierenced the drive getting ...
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Data recovery from my SSD encrypted with Veracrypt is not working having the password

I have one SSD and one HDD. My SSD is encrypted with Veracrypt. Yesterday my SSD just stop to work and I can not do much from my SSD so I have installed Veracrypt on my HDD in order to get back all my ...
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Does my HDD still work after almost 10years not in use?

I found my HDD HD250HJ from Samsung after 10years. The whole HDD is encrypted with TrueCrypt 7.1 and is a hidden volume. When I plugged in my HDD it's not visible in the explorer nor in TrueCrypt. Is ...
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How can I recover my password for TrueCrypt Rescue Disk?

I just found my 10year old HDD which has been fully encrypted with TrueCrypt 7.1 (Hidden Volume) I inserted my TrueCrypt RescueDisk and had to put in my password, which I can't properly remember. I do ...
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Recover deleted VeraCrypt partition

I have an external 1TB HDD with a NTFS partition and a Veracrypt one, or had, at least. I did a messy move trying to use the NTFS one to make a windows recovery media, to find out the hard way that ...
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Veracrypt - permanently decrypt a working system drive from another computer and discard the bootloader?

I have an encrypted system disk pulled from a dead PC. I do not have the rescue disk / ISO from when I encrypted the disk. I do have the (working) password The disk is fully functioning (i.e. not ...
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How much will full-disk encryption slow down a netbook?

I've been comfortable using TrueCrypt volumes to protect various sets of files on my computers. But I've gathered there can be more convenience and security to be had be encrypting the full hard disk, ...
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Recovering corrupt Truecrypt Disk

I have a 2 TB external hard drive that I've encrypted using Truecrypt. I made a complete backup of all my data to it, and wiped my hard drive and reinstalled my operating systems. Once I reinstalled ...
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How do I do full disk encryption on Ubuntu, using a TrueCrypt or VeraCrypt hidden volume?

I've encrypted a Windows drive using the Windows version of VeraCrypt. It was pretty straightforward. I have Ubuntu right now, with the VeraCrypt fork of TrueCrypt installed. I don't see any of the ...
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Is it possible to resize TrueCrypt partitions?

When I installed Ubuntu on my laptop, I created a large partition on the hard drive to encrypt with TrueCrypt. Turns out I'm not using the amount of space I thought I would be for encrypting data, and ...
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Using a VeraCrypt Encrypted System Partition on a "Windows To Go" installation

I installed Windows To Go (Windows 10) on the system partition of a hard drive that is encrypted with VeraCrypt. The Boot Partition is not encrypted. I want to use this hard drive/system on many ...
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Does Truecrypt use its own partition table to overcome the 2TB barrier in case of full disk encryption?

I wonder about the following. Let's say you clean a disk using diskpart. It won't have any partition usable to the host OS. But what I can do is open up truecrypt, select wholedisk (non-system) ...
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VeraCrypt volume does not decrypt - lost the password. Error message: "Source: MountVolume:8299"

I created several encrypted file containers last year. I'm opening them up for the first time since and can't remember the exact password. I've tried many passwords that I typically use - over 10 of ...
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Can the extension of a veracrypt file be changed without damaging the file?

is this possible? so I can change the file back to its original extension and use it and when I am done using it, I change the extension to maybe a .mp4 or .pdf something like that ?
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Unable to restore the veracrypt volume after quick format

Encrypted 256 GB volume of a 1 TB HDD using VeraCrypt. (standard AES) Password is known. No rescue disk, keys available. Problem: My friend formatted the encrypted drive using the quick format and ...
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How to fix "Windows not on boot drive"?

This is the message I receive when attempting to FDE (full-disk encrypt): VeraCrypt Volume Creation Wizard WARNING: Windows does not appear to be installed on the drive from which it boots. ...
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Truecrypt wholedisk encryption with no partitions?

I cleaned a 8TB harddisk using Diskpart. So now the disk is partitionless with just the online/uninitialized status. Under Truecrypt wholedisk encryption menu bowever. The disk was found as a ...
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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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How can mounting a VeraCrypt drive be done without root in Linux?

I used TrueCrypt for a long time in Kubuntu, in which I used a keyboard shortcut to automatically mount a drive. Nowadays I use VeraCrypt, but I am always prompted for my sudo password after entering ...
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Truecrypt Full Disk Encryption - Bootloader on USB stick/pendrive

I thought about way to hide that I'm using truecrypt on HDD, other than truecrypt built-in decoy-OS feature - it has lots of disadvantages. My idea is simple: Use full disk encryption on my system ...
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GPT Protective Partition encrypted by Truecrypt

I have a Seagate 4Tb 2.5" HDD. I partitioned this drive into three and encrypted two parts with Truecrypt. Sadly the USB 3 micro type b jack broke away from the drive just as I was backing ...
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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 (320 GB) is bigger than the SSD (120 GB) it was recommended that the HDD be shrunk to a smaller size than the SSD. Using ...
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How do I encrypt a Samsung Evo 840 SSD?

I've purchased a HP Envy 15-j005ea laptop which I have upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro. I have also removed the HDD and replaced it with a 1TB Samsung Evo 840 SSD. I now wish to encrypt the drive to ...
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Why are small NTFS partitions not predictably increasing usable space with increased partition size?

I've been creating small NTFS partitions (<16 MiB) using Truecrypt and I've found that around the 12 MiB mark the amount of usable space decreases rather than increases. Seems like something is ...
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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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TrueCrypt, RIPEMD-160 vs SHA-512 vs Whirlpool

I am encrypting a volume with TrueCrypt. I have decided to use AES as the encryption algorithm, seeing as it is the government standard. But which hash algorithm is better (more secure)? RIPEMD-160 ...
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Double win10 installs - both bitlocker protected and isolated

Hardware: AMD Ryzen processor, ASUS Crosshair Hero VI mb, no TPM installed M.2 Samsung 960 PRO SSD SATA Samsung 840 PRO SSD I would like to have latest win10 2004 on both SSDs and isolated from one ...
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How secure is VeraCrypt by IDRIX when compared to the now defunct TrueCrypt?

I would like to know how safe is VeraCrypt by IDRIX to use when compared to TrueCrypt, which as the webiste states is unsecure. Had IDRIX managed to fix all the security bugs in TrueCrypt or is there ...
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Decrypt files encrypted with TrueCrypt

I have a usb pen memory crypted with TrueCrypt. Is there a way to decrypt ( without TrueCrypt ) files encrypted with TrueCrypt in linux ?
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Benchmark an Truecrypt-encrypted HDD

I have a TrueCrypt encrypted Disk (Full Disk encryption of a non-system Partition), which looks like this while being mounted: Question is: What happens when I try to benchmark this HDD using HDTune? ...
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What GPT partition type GUID should I use for a VeraCrypt partition?

I am attempting to set up a VeraCrypt partition so that it will auto-mount in Windows using the Favorites feature. However, the message I get from VeraCrypt (which is the same as what TrueCrypt use to ...
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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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