![]() ![]() Make sure the target drive you are saving to has enough free space to create the container file in step 8.ħ. Choose a filename and location to save the VeraCrypt volume by clicking the Select File button, then click Next. As free space in encrypted volumes is always filled with random data it’s almost impossible to detect whether there is any real data there or it’s randomly filled free space.Ħ. It creates an encrypted volume inside the free space of another encrypted volume. Select Standard VeraCrypt volume as it’s fine for most usage scenarios, click Next.Ī Hidden volume can be used but it’s mainly for extreme circumstances where you may be forced to reveal your password. Next you are asked to select a Standard or Hidden VeraCrypt volume. ![]() USB flash drive users could go down another route and encrypt the volume although that would make the whole drive inaccessible while encrypted and the VeraCrypt files cannot be copied over.ĥ. This method will create an encrypted disk inside a file which can easily be copied to USB or CD/DVD. Select “ Create an encrypted file container” and click Next. Run VeraCrypt.exe or VeraCrypt-64.exe if you have a 64-bit Windows and click on the Create Volume button.Ĥ. Note that when run in portable mode VeraCrypt will ask for full administrative privileges if you have UAC enabled as it needs to register the veracrypt.sys driver.ģ. At the next window select Extract, accept the warning messages and choose a destination folder to save the files. Run the VeraCrypt setup installer and accept the license agreement. Here’s how to create a USB or optical media including the VeraCrypt program files and the encrypted files.Ģ. This way the media can be used on any Windows computer and you can easily launch VeraCrypt to decrypt the data without needing to download or install it. VeraCrypt also has portability where you can protect data by encrypting it and then save both the encrypted volume and the program files to a CD, DVD, Blu-ray disk or USB flash drive. Therefore it should be more secure and have less bugs and should be used by anyone still running TrueCrypt as previous compatibility issues between the two have now been solved. VeraCrypt looks and behaves like TrueCrypt but fixes a number of the issues found in TrueCrypt’s code. Thankfully because the source for TrueCrypt is available, a few forked versions have been created and one of those is VeraCrypt. As TrueCrypt is now abandoned, the issues found by the audit and any future bugs or vulnerabilities will never be fixed which is potentially dangerous for encryption software. A major audit of TrueCrypt’s source code was conducted and found no evidence of backdoors or malicious code although some vulnerabilities were identified. The website says the software is insecure and recommends you use Bitlocker instead. In 2014 encryption software Truecrypt was discontinued under mysterious circumstances and nobody truly knows why. ![]()
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