Comments on: TrueCrypt Full System Encryption on a Netbook

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:26:23 +0000

Did you try using the TrueCrypt boot utility to repair the boot loader? Maybe TrueCrypt’s loader didn’t get installed properly or something?
Weird man, that stinks though.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:51:29 +0000

I have a netbook and I used Truecrypt to encrypt the system. Everything checked out and seemed fine… till I did a reboot after everything was encrypted. It failed to boot. The setup was XP with NTFS partition (full drive). HP Mini 210-1010NR. I had to format and start from scratch. This was a major hassle considering TrueCrypt never failed me in the past.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:08:10 +0000

General performance doesn’t take that big of a hit. In day-to-day use I don’t even notice it. About the only time I DO notice it though is when entering or resuming from a hibernate state. Doing either of those things takes significantly longer for sure… but I rarely use hibernate, so it doesn’t really bother me.

By: calvin

calvin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:16:43 +0000

Interesting article. Thanks.

How about performance after encrypting the netbook?

I know a netbook is meant only for internet surfing or a bit of office work.

By: Seb

Seb — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:34:24 +0000

« TrueCrypt is a great product, and I am still shocked it’s free »

You can’t trust an encryption software if it’s not open source. And if it’s open source, then people will expect it’s free.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:50:23 +0000

LOL, suck to be you.

By: radheshyam

radheshyam — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:46:43 +0000

hello there,
i’m in a real big trouble please help me.
I encrypted my netbook with secure disk from securstar(dot)com .NOW the OS didn’t load so i had to install my win7 on a different partition.I installed securedisk again but it won’t read the encrypted partition.I have the password but no way to acess the partition please help.
thanks
radheshyam

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:11:06 +0000

thanks for the response, appreciate it. agreed truecrypt is really an outstanding product. alrite, gonna do the same to mine this weekend

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:28:21 +0000

Yes, the whole system is encrypted, but I didn’t do the hidden OS thing, just the Full Disk Encryption.
6 months later and I’m still running it, I have had zero issues with it! TrueCrypt is a great product, and I am still shocked it’s free.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:54:42 +0000

hi nick, did you encrypt the whole system with plausible deniability? i was considering whether to do that to my netbook which has a quick boot function. any suggestions?
(i.e. http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=hidden-operating-system)