Wednesday, August 3, 2011

How to encrypt USB Flash Drive with TrueCrypt ?

Do you have data on your USB drive that could be accessed by someone if they found your key drive?
Do you have sensitive data that you need to protect, but don’t want to pay for expensive software?
TrueCrypt was designed for you and in this section you’ll learn how to use it.

NOTE: Do not encrypt the entire drive your OS is stored on. You can encrypt parts of the drive,
but not system files.

Download TrueCrypt :
1. Dowload TrueCrypt
2. Run the installer.
3. When prompted, select Extract and click Next
4. Extract the files to your USB key drive in a folder named TrueCrypt
You can delete other files in the directory if u wish..
Ensure you keep the four files as depicted above

To Encrypt part of your USB drive:
1. Run TrueCrypt.exe.
2. Once loaded, specify a drive letter that will become the encrypted volume (the drive letter of your USB drive won’t change—but will show as two different drive letters when you complete this tutorial)
3. Click Create Volume . Your USB drive will still keep its letter (e.g ."R") will be split into two virtual drives (so the encrypted data will appear as a “[your chosen letter]” drive in Computer after you finish the setup)
4. Now click Create a standard TrueCrypt volume and click Next.
5. The next screen will ask you where you want to store the volume. Save a file named Container in the TrueCrypt folder on your USB thumb drive and click Next
6. Specify the size of the encrypted volume (I suggest you use 1/2 the size of the drive)
7. Create a secure password.
8. Now click Format and your Container will be formatted.
9. After a confirmation message, click Exit
When you are done, go back to TrueCrypt and Click Dismount. Congratulations, you now have your data encrypted on your USB drive.


To Verify Your Encrypted Drive Works:
1. Go to your Computer and look for a "W" (or letter you choose)drive.Its not there good news!
2. Open TrueCrypt.
3. Click the drive letter you chose in the previous steps.
4. Click Select File and find your Container you created.
5. Click Mount
6. Type in your password and click OK and your volume will mount.
7. Go to Computer and your drive will be there

Latest Stable Version - 7.0a, and available on Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac OS X (32-bit), and Linux.

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