Comments on: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive Ubuntuness is next to Godliness Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Jfackler http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2170 Jfackler Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2170  Also can encryption process be finished/reversed on a different PC(laptop) as i will be traveling soon and TC was started on my desktop pc.  Also can encryption process be finished/reversed on a different PC(laptop) as i will be traveling soon and TC was started on my desktop pc.

]]> By: Jfackler http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2169 Jfackler Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:41:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2169 I tried to encrypt my entire external drive and it worked fine up until 99.225%.  Then it said that there are bad sectors on the drive.  I have tried several times to have TC write zeros to those sectors to no avail.  TC will not finish the encryption due to bad sectors and therefore I cannot mount to decrypt of unencrypt the device.  It is a 500gb lacie hd.  It shows up as drive N: and says 0 bytes for used and free space.  Windows wants me to format the drive but I do not want to lose the 300gb worth of data on it.  Is there anyway to recover the data that has already been encryted without formatting the drive or finishing the encryption process. I tried to encrypt my entire external drive and it worked fine up until 99.225%.  Then it said that there are bad sectors on the drive.  I have tried several times to have TC write zeros to those sectors to no avail.  TC will not finish the encryption due to bad sectors and therefore I cannot mount to decrypt of unencrypt the device.  It is a 500gb lacie hd.  It shows up as drive N: and says 0 bytes for used and free space.  Windows wants me to format the drive but I do not want to lose the 300gb worth of data on it.  Is there anyway to recover the data that has already been encryted without formatting the drive or finishing the encryption process.

]]> By: the crane stand http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2168 the crane stand Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2168 hen you stand on your toes, you shift your weight from your larger thigh muscles to the calves and ankles. Working these muscles will help to support your legs completely. hen you stand on your toes, you shift your weight from your larger thigh muscles to the calves and ankles. Working these muscles will help to support your legs completely.

]]> By: Mike http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2167 Mike Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:54:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2167 Dear Randy, I forgot to add.The encrypted HDD is an 500 GB external USB drive(non-system,just storage).Hidden volume is about 230GB (that was the max allowed). Thanks. Dear Randy, I would like to ask if I can re-encrypt my HDD.I created a hidden volume and now I want to have encrypted the whole HDD without a hidden volume. Do I need to reformat it first(fast? or full format?),or I can just encrypt it as usual as it will overwrite the previous encryption. Thank you for your help in advance. Mike Dear Randy,

I forgot to add.The encrypted HDD is an 500 GB external USB drive(non-system,just storage).Hidden volume is about 230GB (that was the max allowed).

Thanks.

Dear Randy,

I would like to ask if I can re-encrypt my HDD.I created a hidden volume and
now I want to have encrypted the whole HDD without a hidden volume.
Do I need to reformat it first(fast? or full format?),or I can just encrypt it as
usual as it will overwrite the previous encryption.

Thank you for your help in advance.

Mike

]]> By: Mike http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2166 Mike Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2166 Dear Randy, I would like to ask if I can re-encrypt my HDD.I created a hidden volume and now I want to have encrypted the whole HDD without a hidden volume. Do I need to reformat it first(fast or full format),or I can just encrypt it as usual as it will overwrite the previous encryption. Thank you for your help in advance. Mike Dear Randy,

I would like to ask if I can re-encrypt my HDD.I created a hidden volume and
now I want to have encrypted the whole HDD without a hidden volume.
Do I need to reformat it first(fast or full format),or I can just encrypt it as
usual as it will overwrite the previous encryption.

Thank you for your help in advance.

Mike

]]> By: Possltd2 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2165 Possltd2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:06:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2165 Please help me! I have 2 hard drives each 160GB that i use for my netbook by  sliding each on in the hard-drive bay.. I encrypted the whole hard-drive  that has windows 7 , everything work fine for 2 months until I did this. My net-book was in sleep mode with win 7 non-encrypted hard drive. I took out the hardrive and installed the encrypted one press the power key....A blue screen came on and I knew I what I did wrong so i turned off the power restarted the computer now there was an error loading. I What should I do? Thanks Please help me! I have 2 hard drives each 160GB that i use for my netbook by  sliding each on in the hard-drive bay.. I encrypted the whole hard-drive  that has windows 7 , everything work fine for 2 months until I did this. My net-book was in sleep mode with win 7 non-encrypted hard drive. I took out the hardrive and installed the encrypted one press the power key….A blue screen came on and I knew I what I did wrong so i turned off the power restarted the computer now there was an error loading. I What should I do? Thanks

]]> By: Hi Lowe http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2164 Hi Lowe Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:29:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2164 Bad news and good news (maybe).  The key you type into truecrypt is really a key to a key.  The key you type in unlocks the key file on the drive which then decrypts the fully encrypted drive as it reads it.  If your problem is with your computer and not a physical problem with the hard drive, you can put the drive into another computer and it should at least boot to the truecrypt screen and ask for a password, at which point you can type it in.  That's the good news.  The bad news is, no, you cannot make another rescue disk, but you really should not need the rescue disk.  It is extremely rare that the key file on the drive becomes corrupted such that you even need the rescue disk. Bad news and good news (maybe).  The key you type into truecrypt is really a key to a key.  The key you type in unlocks the key file on the drive which then decrypts the fully encrypted drive as it reads it.  If your problem is with your computer and not a physical problem with the hard drive, you can put the drive into another computer and it should at least boot to the truecrypt screen and ask for a password, at which point you can type it in.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is, no, you cannot make another rescue disk, but you really should not need the rescue disk.  It is extremely rare that the key file on the drive becomes corrupted such that you even need the rescue disk.

]]> By: Truecrypt in Arch - No option to encrypt system drive http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2163 Truecrypt in Arch - No option to encrypt system drive Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:58:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2163 [...] option to encrypt the system partition or the entire drive. When I look at guides such as this: http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blo...ire-hard-drive there is an option to "Encrypt the system partition or entire system drive", yet when I [...] [...] option to encrypt the system partition or the entire drive. When I look at guides such as this: http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blo…ire-hard-drive there is an option to "Encrypt the system partition or entire system drive", yet when I [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2162 Dave Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:59:00 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2162 I have encrypted my entire hard drive with TC. Now Windows does not start anymore and I want to decrypt the entire drive to access it with another system. Unfortunately my rescue disc is not accessible at the moment. Can I just create another rescue disc with a different computer system and use this to permanently decrypt the drive of the system that does not start anymore? Or will this method destroy my encrypted disc entirely? I have encrypted my entire hard drive with TC. Now Windows does not start anymore and I want to decrypt the entire drive to access it with another system. Unfortunately my rescue disc is not accessible at the moment. Can I just create another rescue disc with a different computer system and use this to permanently decrypt the drive of the system that does not start anymore? Or will this method destroy my encrypted disc entirely?

]]> By: Questions about Tor? - Page 2 - Grasscity.com Forums http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/using-truecrypt-to-encrypt-your-entire-hard-drive/comment-page-2#comment-2161 Questions about Tor? - Page 2 - Grasscity.com Forums Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:28:25 +0000 http://www.randyjensenonline.com/blog/?p=323#comment-2161 [...] computer actually running faster after the encryption because of the database that they used. Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive : Randy Jensen Online https://louisville.edu/it/private/co...ng-full-disk-2 @dissec prove anything I have said to be [...] [...] computer actually running faster after the encryption because of the database that they used. Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive : Randy Jensen Online https://louisville.edu/it/private/co…ng-full-disk-2 @dissec prove anything I have said to be [...]

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