TrueCrypt Password Encrypt a USB drive or non-system hard drive

I show you how to create a TrueCrypt to password encrypted hard drive with the TrueCrypt drive wizard, flash drive, or external hard drive. Plus, how to mount a TrueCrypt Partition by using Auto-Mount.

This is better then a file container since you are less likely to delete it or lose it. Plus, to the average user think the encrypted drive is a different file system, currupt, or un-formated instead of suspecting it is encrypted since the drive encryption remains hidden until you "auto-mount" it by providing a password in TrueCrypt.

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[sweet96635]

Thanks for the advice. I went ahead and made it NTFS instead of FAT (external hard drive). Does this compromise security or speed or anything at all?  My main concern is playing videos on the drive. I'm not too worried about game. Let me know someone and thanks.

[johnsonyip1]

@sweet96635 I don't think it compromises your security as long as you don't share your password, and make your password hard to guess. Since it is an external drive, you probably won't notice any performance decrease or increase using FAT instead of NTFS since USB 2.0 is a lot slower then IDE and SATA which most computer uses. The speed of hard drive is mostly determined by the rotation RPM speed of the disk and drive controller type like IDE, SATA, SCSI, USB 2.0, Firewire, etc.

[MrJozef1988]

Mate this wont work if you dont have install TrueCrypt on the computer you using. Because windows will keep showing warning message about formatting.

You external usb or Hard Drive will be useless on random computer. If you want to make this work you need carrying 2 things:

1: encrypt Hard drives or USB

2: small USB that contain portable version of TrueCrypt

only than you can use yours enrypt Hard Drive or USB on random computer

[johnsonyip1]

@MrJozef1988 Thanks for the tips. Indeed, having a portable version of TrueCrypt on a USB drive to carry around with you would make it work.

[tahaimtiaz05]

What happens if I choose a second option volume creation mode?"encrypt partiotion in place? I chose that option as I didnt want to format my ex harddrive. does it delete the files inside it? I tried to stop it then use it through my computer. It asked me format the drive, so then I resumed the encryption. can anyone confirm weather it would delete the files or not?

[johnsonyip1]

@tahaimtiaz05 I think if your files are not in your disk anymore, and you can't read your hard drive with Windows and other operating systems like Mac, Linux, etc your files are deleted/gone. I think Truecrypt deleted them since Truecrypt uses a encrypted file system which only Truecrypt can read. It is safest to use the file container option instead of encrypting the entire hard drive.

[sweet96635]

lol you sound like Ben Stein a little bit...

[IKillerPieI]

@MrJozef1988 Or you create a container within the drive. And have thetruecrpt folder also in there. This will also mean you have the option to un-encrypted space.

[deepakjindal070]

@anoniem1725 never mind.. i use complete encryption now on my office pc now..

[anoniem1725]

@deepakjindal070 why not can you explain

[CribBoy9]

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