So, I download truecrypt to give it a go and see whats what. I follow the directions to a tee, as outlined in the beginners guide and, as hoped, I have a partion called M with a true crypt folder. Things go in things go out and all works fine
except
Since I was following the beginners guide to a tee (almost) I created a 10 meg partition instead of the illustrated 1 meg. Either way its too small for any usefull purpose.
So to get rid of the folder My volume do I only need to do is delete it like any other file ?
What about that partition called Drive M. How to I get rid of that so that I can begin the process again but with a much larger partition?
> So, I download truecrypt to give it a go and see whats what. > I follow the directions to a tee, as outlined in the beginners guide > and, as hoped, I have a partion called M with a true crypt folder. > Things go in things go out and all works fine
> except
> Since I was following the beginners guide to a tee (almost) I created > a 10 meg partition instead of the illustrated 1 meg. Either way its > too small for any usefull purpose.
> So to get rid of the folder My volume do I only need to do is delete > it like any other file ?
> What about that partition called Drive M. How to I get rid of that so > that I can begin the process again but with a much larger partition?
Your use of the word "partition" is a bit confusing. I assume that you have created a Truecrypt Containter File that mounts as Disk Volume M. In that case,
1) Simply dismount the disk volume (Bring up Truecrypt, select the M drive, and click "Dismount"). After that, you should no longer have a M: drive.
2)Then, you can then simply drag the container file into the trash to delete it.
zebra26 wrote: > So, I download truecrypt to give it a go and see whats what. > I follow the directions to a tee, as outlined in the beginners guide > and, as hoped, I have a partion called M with a true crypt folder. > Things go in things go out and all works fine
> except
> Since I was following the beginners guide to a tee (almost) I created > a 10 meg partition instead of the illustrated 1 meg. Either way its > too small for any usefull purpose.
> So to get rid of the folder My volume do I only need to do is delete > it like any other file ?
> What about that partition called Drive M. How to I get rid of that so > that I can begin the process again but with a much larger partition?
For what it's worth, stick to pgp or the drive crypt products. Time money and research has gone into both of them, you know what you're getting with less bugs than the truecrypt.
> zebra26wrote: > > So, I download truecrypt to give it a go and see whats what. > > I follow the directions to a tee, as outlined in the beginners guide > > and, as hoped, I have a partion called M with a true crypt folder. > > Things go in things go out and all works fine
> > except
> > Since I was following the beginners guide to a tee (almost) I created > > a 10 meg partition instead of the illustrated 1 meg. Either way its > > too small for any usefull purpose.
> > So to get rid of the folder My volume do I only need to do is delete > > it like any other file ?
> > What about that partition called Drive M. How to I get rid of that so > > that I can begin the process again but with a much larger partition?
> For what it's worth, stick topgpor the drive crypt products. Time > money and research has gone into both of them, you know what you're > getting with less bugs than the truecrypt.- Hide quoted text -
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Yes that is exactly my question. I want to get rid of the Drive M and then delete "My Volume" and begin the process over again with a reasonable drive "M" size
However
I am unaware of the other possible pgp or the drive crypt products available for use on a Vista 64 or soon to be Windows 7 64 system. What can you recommend ?
> zebra26 wrote: >> So, I download truecrypt to give it a go and see whats what. >> I follow the directions to a tee, as outlined in the beginners >> guide and, as hoped, I have a partion called M with a true crypt >> folder. Things go in things go out and all works fine
>> except
>> Since I was following the beginners guide to a tee (almost) I >> created a 10 meg partition instead of the illustrated 1 meg. >> Either way its too small for any usefull purpose.
>> So to get rid of the folder My volume do I only need to do is >> delete it like any other file ?
>> What about that partition called Drive M. How to I get rid of >> that so that I can begin the process again but with a much larger >> partition?
> For what it's worth, stick to pgp or the drive crypt products. > Time money and research has gone into both of them, you know what > you're getting with less bugs than the truecrypt.
I disagree. Truecrypt has been around for a long time and it is a quite mature product. Its source code is out there for public review. I've used it since its E4M days and never had a major issue with it. If you need to move your container file from one machine to another (e.g. USB Drive), Truecrypt has a traveller mode or you simply install another free copy on another computer. Neither PGP (nor Drive Crypt to my knowledge) supports container files in their free product.. so moving data to another machine entails purchasing additional licenses. Truecrypt is also supported by Linux, so I can move my container files cross-platform or access them securely across a network.
FWIW: Even though I have a computer with a PGP license, I still prefer to use Truecrypt for my encrypted containers.
zebra26 wrote: > On Jul 21, 4:53 am, John Smith <n...@invalid.org> wrote: >> zebra26wrote: >>> So, I download truecrypt to give it a go and see whats what. >>> I follow the directions to a tee, as outlined in the beginners guide >>> and, as hoped, I have a partion called M with a true crypt folder. >>> Things go in things go out and all works fine >>> except >>> Since I was following the beginners guide to a tee (almost) I created >>> a 10 meg partition instead of the illustrated 1 meg. Either way its >>> too small for any usefull purpose. >>> So to get rid of the folder My volume do I only need to do is delete >>> it like any other file ? >>> What about that partition called Drive M. How to I get rid of that so >>> that I can begin the process again but with a much larger partition? >> For what it's worth, stick topgpor the drive crypt products. Time >> money and research has gone into both of them, you know what you're >> getting with less bugs than the truecrypt.- Hide quoted text -
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> Yes that is exactly my question. I want to get rid of the Drive M and > then delete "My Volume" and begin the process over again with a > reasonable drive "M" size
> However
> I am unaware of the other possible pgp or the drive crypt products > available for use on a Vista 64 or soon to be Windows 7 64 system. > What can you recommend ?
Both, with them you know more about the people and company behind the product and they work for a living.
On Jul 21, 2:35 pm, Cujo <f...@despammed.com> wrote:
> John Wunderlich wrote: > > FWIW: Even though I have a computer with aPGPlicense, I still prefer > > to useTruecryptfor my encrypted containers.
> *exact* same here ...
> f.
Well I am the novice here. I have tried the truecrypt with all manner of files including streaming video and I must say I am impressed. Ditto on reading the howtwo, one step at a time. Now back to that registry tweak I decided to try out to speed up browsing, I can feel the sweat all ready.
Yes and similar project is the one freeOTFE which you can find on sourceforge. It has the explorer coming with it unlikely the truecrypt, where the explorer (for cases where you have no admin rights) is kind of abadoned project
