cclub75 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 TrueCrypt is a free open source on-the-fly encryption tool (for Windows, MacOS and Linux). Some members on TV have previously praised this software (a real piece of art). A new version (5.0) has just been released. TrueCrypt 5.0 offers now the " ability to encrypt a system partition or entire system drive (i.e. a drive where Windows is installed) with pre-boot authentication ". Bravo ! http://www.truecrypt.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freitag1 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Good news! Was waiting for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsys Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Sorry to be a dunce here - but why would you encrypt the sys partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freitag1 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Doesnt have to be the sys partion but can be as well. I know some people (graffiti writer) who have a completely encrypted system in case the police shows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Sorry to be a dunce here - but why would you encrypt the sys partition? I think that that line refers to individual partitions on a single drive. IE, on a Windows your C:\ D:\ and E:\ drives assuming you have 3 on a disk, and on Linux a \; \home; \boot; etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I've used it to encrypt the system partiton on my Asus eee so if it gets lost/stolen while I'm travelling no-one will be able to boot into the O/S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freitag1 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Endure how does it look like? When do you have to enter your password if you encrypt the OS partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endure Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 When the machine boots up you get a DOS type screen where you have to put in the password you chose before it will go any further. Be warned that when you install it it will produce a rescue disk ISO image and will not proceed with installation until it's read the disk produced so you can't install it onto a system partition unless you have access to an external CD drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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