Ultimate TrueCrypt Guide : Create And Mount Virtual Encrpyted Partitions

Posted by admin June 20, 2008

Ever felt the need to keep your secret stuff or some confidential data away from prying eyes.
Well here is a excellent solution to hide your confidential files in a virtual encrypted partition.

Software Requirement

True Crypt
TrueCrypt is an open-source encryption software that enables you to create a
virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a virtual disk, that can be
accessed via a drive letter. Any file that is stored on this virtual drive is
automatically encrypted on-the-fly, and can only be accessed while the drive
is mounted with the correct password or key.

TrueCrypt supports a variety of encryption algorithms including

AES-256
Blowfish (448-bit key)
CAST5
Serpent
Triple DES
Twofish

Other features include support for FAT32 or NTFS formatting, hidden volumes,
hotkeys for mounting/dismounting and more.

Download: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php

True Crypt is available for Linux and Windows both and is a FREEWARE.

Lets Begin….

Note: TC = Turbo Crypt
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Guide
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Step 1 : Creating the TC Image File which will be mounted as encrypted partition.

Starting True Crypt will present you with this interface.

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Click on “Create Volume” to create the image file and select “Standard True Crypt Volume”.
Click Next.

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Click on select file and select a folder on your hard drive where you would like to save your
TC image file , give approrpiate name [here "Test"] dont touch other buttons.
Click Next.

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Select Encryption Algo and Hash Algorithm

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You can benchmark and select your Encyption Algo , select the one with fastest speed
Here you can see that on my PC “Twofish” was the fastest.

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Size of the TC Image file which you will mount , here the size can be the max free
space on your partition.

I have selected 50 MB.

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Enter your password which will be used to encrypt your image file with the
selected algorithm.

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OPTIONAL part
Key file is not compulsary its for extra protection.

You can also have a Key file along with the password for double encryption.
NOTE: if you loose this key file then all the data in the image will be locked forever
Check the KeyFile box close to password to add key file.
You can also generate a random keyfile using the hash algo

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