Comments on: Encrypt your Hard Drives http://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: georgehttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-1240709 george Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:48:04 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-1240709 Hi Martin, Thanks for the reply! Yes, I did encrypt a file on my external hard drive. Everything worked fine. I could access the external hard drive from my Ubuntu os without a problem. However, my Ubuntu system crashed and I had to reinstall Ubuntu. Now, for some reason, I cannot gain access to my encrypted file on my external hard drive. When I enter my True Crypt password it says that the file does not exist. I can't understand why it would give me this error. Thanks! George Hi Martin,

Thanks for the reply!

Yes, I did encrypt a file on my external hard drive. Everything worked fine. I could access the external hard drive from my Ubuntu os without a problem. However, my Ubuntu system crashed and I had to reinstall Ubuntu. Now, for some reason, I cannot gain access to my encrypted file on my external hard drive. When I enter my True Crypt password it says that the file does not exist. I can’t understand why it would give me this error.

Thanks!
George

]]> By: Martinhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-1235175 Martin Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:31:27 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-1235175 George you can configure True Crypt to use a password and / or a file. That's up to you and decided during the creation. George you can configure True Crypt to use a password and / or a file. That’s up to you and decided during the creation.

]]> By: georgehttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-1234556 george Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:58:16 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-1234556 I have a problem that someone might be able to help me out with. I installed Truecrypt on an external hard drive. Then my Ubuntu OS crashed so I reinstalled. Now, when I try to access my Truecrypt files on my external hard drive I cannot access them. Was there some sort of code stored on my previous OS that I need on my reinstalled OS in order to access these files? I have installed Truecrypt on my new Ubuntu OS, but I'm wondering if there's some sort of identity file that was created on my old OS in order to access these files. (?) If so, I think this is a serious flaw to this software. I'm pretty stuck here because I had some secure data saved on my external hard drive that I now cannot access. I lost the local copy that was saved on my previous OS when Ubuntu crashed and now I cannot access my backup copy on my external hard drive. :( bummer. I have a problem that someone might be able to help me out with. I installed Truecrypt on an external hard drive. Then my Ubuntu OS crashed so I reinstalled. Now, when I try to access my Truecrypt files on my external hard drive I cannot access them. Was there some sort of code stored on my previous OS that I need on my reinstalled OS in order to access these files? I have installed Truecrypt on my new Ubuntu OS, but I’m wondering if there’s some sort of identity file that was created on my old OS in order to access these files. (?)

If so, I think this is a serious flaw to this software. I’m pretty stuck here because I had some secure data saved on my external hard drive that I now cannot access. I lost the local copy that was saved on my previous OS when Ubuntu crashed and now I cannot access my backup copy on my external hard drive.

:( bummer.

]]> By: Lynnhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-477118 Lynn Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:01:22 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-477118 Wow this was two years ago but, simon: Once you've mounted the drive then yes, you are allowed free access. If someone were to seize your computer before you had the chance to close Truecrypt then they would have access. However, Truecrypt auto-dismounts whenever your computer is interrupted (restarted, shut down, etc)...in which case said intruder would have to know the key in order to mount the driver again. Wow this was two years ago but, simon: Once you’ve mounted the drive then yes, you are allowed free access. If someone were to seize your computer before you had the chance to close Truecrypt then they would have access. However, Truecrypt auto-dismounts whenever your computer is interrupted (restarted, shut down, etc)…in which case said intruder would have to know the key in order to mount the driver again.

]]> By: simonhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-63739 simon Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:38:56 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-63739 As a follow up to my comment Sep 24th. I thought truecrypt created an encrypted file that needed a p/w to access. After I have 'mounted' it onto a drive it seems to offer free access. is that right? If so then how does it protect the contents? S As a follow up to my comment Sep 24th. I thought truecrypt created an encrypted file that needed a p/w to access. After I have ‘mounted’ it onto a drive it seems to offer free access. is that right? If so then how does it protect the contents?
S

]]> By: simonhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-59324 simon Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:51:55 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-59324 Thanks Martin, but isn't the reason for Truecrypt that it provides password protection to the file? I can't figure out why it doesn't ask for the password after mounting the file to a drive. S Thanks Martin, but isn’t the reason for Truecrypt that it provides password protection to the file? I can’t figure out why it doesn’t ask for the password after mounting the file to a drive.
S

]]> By: Martinhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-59287 Martin Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:11:47 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-59287 If you mount a file or drive you are free to use it and don't need to provide a password. If you dismount the drive or file you will have to mount it again providing the password. If you mount a file or drive you are free to use it and don’t need to provide a password. If you dismount the drive or file you will have to mount it again providing the password.

]]> By: simonhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-59234 simon Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:47:33 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-59234 I installed True Crypt and 'mounted' the file but for some reason it allows unimpeded access and doesn't apply a password - can't figure out why. Bit disappointed. I installed True Crypt and ‘mounted’ the file but for some reason it allows unimpeded access and doesn’t apply a password – can’t figure out why. Bit disappointed.

]]> By: gHacks » Five freeware tools everyone should try outhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 gHacks » Five freeware tools everyone should try out Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:32:13 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-1046 [...] I´ve already written a large article about true crypt and can recommend it fully. I´am using it at home where I encrypted my entire external hard drive using true crypt. It´s running fine and the read / write speed does not differ a lot from my unencrypted drives. [...] [...] I´ve already written a large article about true crypt and can recommend it fully. I´am using it at home where I encrypted my entire external hard drive using true crypt. It´s running fine and the read / write speed does not differ a lot from my unencrypted drives. [...]

]]> By: Guesthttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Guest Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:48:46 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-474 TrueCrypt is awesome... been using it for a while now. Cant do without it. Carry it in my USB drive too :) TrueCrypt is awesome… been using it for a while now. Cant do without it. Carry it in my USB drive too :)

]]> By: Martinhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Martin Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:05:23 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-473 Its working fine for me, I feared that true crypt would slow down my system but I cannot notice that. I moved a large part of my files to the encrypted file and defragmented the other hard drives afterwards. Can recommend this to everyone who has sensible data stored on his computer. Its working fine for me, I feared that true crypt would slow down my system but I cannot notice that. I moved a large part of my files to the encrypted file and defragmented the other hard drives afterwards.

Can recommend this to everyone who has sensible data stored on his computer.

]]> By: asdfhttp://www.ghacks.net/2005/12/07/encrypt-your-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-471 asdf Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:22:04 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=204#comment-471 I've used True Crypt for the last 18 months and love it. I've always used it to create mountable disks out of files on my local hard drive so that sensitive data can be stored in an encrypted area. I’ve used True Crypt for the last 18 months and love it. I’ve always used it to create mountable disks out of files on my local hard drive so that sensitive data can be stored in an encrypted area.

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