#Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a how to#
#Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a password#
#Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a windows 8#

Should you wish to access the data on your Windows partition while you’re using Linux OS, you should to mount it as an extra drive with TrueCrypt, which then will ask you for your TrueCrypt password for that particular partition. Only then TrueCrypt will be able to tie up Linux installation with its own boot loader. However, the most important part is to set Device for boot loader installation: to that root partition of Linux, which in my case is /dev/sda3. You may want to add swap or more partitions too.

For the sake of simplicity I’m using only one, root (/), partition for Xubuntu installation.

However, there are some points you have to be aware of in order to make a new installation to work with TrueCrypt and also to encrypt the /home directory: Please follow the highlighted link if you are not familiar with Linux installation process.

#Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a how to#

Hundreds of tutorials on how to install (X)ubuntu exist out there. Mounting encrypted Windows partition in Linux.Appropriate Linux (Xubuntu) installation.The process consists of two main steps and two optional ones: Optical media emulator (optional): DAEMON Tools Lite.Encryption software: TrueCrypt (can also be used in Linux itself).Hiren’s BootCD has many useful partitioning tools, such as GParted Partition Editor Partitioning tools that should be used to allocate space for Linux OS: anything you feel comfortable with.

#Truecrypt boot loader 7.1 a windows 8#

Operating systems that will be encrypted: Windows 8 (can be Windows XP/Vista/7) & Xubuntu 14.04 LTS (can be any Linux distro which gives an option to encrypt /home folder during installation (this helps to keep things simple)).Search available installation packages for words encryption and crypt, install any of the packages found and follow its documentation. Use any integrated support for encryption. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images. The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP.

Use it only to migrate existing data encrypted by TrueCrypt. WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues. That’s not an easy task.īefore you do anything, please make sure you have backups of your files and even better if you read about dual boot on Ubuntu website beforehand. However, if you already have Linux OS installed, you will need to move your GRUB loader from Master Boot Record (MBR) to Linux partition. The downside of the method I’m describing here is that you will have to make a fresh install of Linux alongside with Windows. Nowadays many computer users use at least two OS on their machines for whatever reason and I will try to show how to encrypt both of them or at least the most vulnerable information. However, it is quite tricky to setup an encryption for a single operating system, not to mention dual one. It’s been a while since my last post, but now I have some free time to share some more useful (in my opinion) tips on how to make your computer more secure.Įncryption is one of the methods that helps to keep your information safe even if your computer (well, most likely laptop) gets lost or stolen.