Re: Cloning Encrypted C: Drive? (Kind of an OT questtion)

[Cornelis Tromp]

In article <natjbg$lqh$1...@news.mixmin.net>
Anonymous <nob...@mixmin.net> wrote:
>
> Nathan Hale:
> >> I have my C: drive encrypted with True Crypt. If I make a clone of
> >> this drive, will the clone, when substituted for the present C: work
> >> the same as the original C: containing True Crypt, or will I have
> >> to remove the TC encryption before cloning?
> >>
> >> I lost my Windows install disks (XP) and want to make sure I will be
> >> able to keep using XP. I don't need anymore problems with the newer
> >> stuff created by The Bandits Of Redmond.
> >
> > The clone of the TrueCrypted drive should work. Just be sure that you back up the MBR also. Also, backing up the bios is a good idea.
> >
> >
> >
> Do you think some clod using XP could backup the BIOS? Besides, saying
> "it should work" was not informative in the least. Whether it works
> depends on the cloning process, which program and the disk to which it
> was cloned. You did not do him any favor with that answer, and you
> actually did him an injustice by pretending to have an informed opinion
> and making him ignorantly confident. It really would have been better to
> just keep your mouth shut.

Thank you for your highly technical and informative
contribution. This thread could not have survived without it.