Copying a truecrypt container - can the password get screwed up?

[Fenixgoon]

Or did I change the password and completely forget it, and can't access some files i really need now.

I managed to find the password I *thought* was associated with the container, but apparently it is not the correct one

 

[FelixDeCat]

Most likely you are incorrectly entering or have forgotten the correct PW. I have contents garbled after being mangled in a drive and the PW still opened the container.

 

[SheHateMe]

No, I did this for a lady at working working on a government project. We needed to change her HDD cause she fucked it up somehow. It copied over fine.

 

[dighn]

IIRC you can also associate a key file with a container, which must be present for the file to decrypt, but if you did that you'd remember.

 

[blackangst1]

Most likely you are incorrectly entering or have forgotten the correct PW. I have contents garbled after being mangled in a drive and the PW still opened the container.

Same here.

 

[Fenixgoon]

well balls, i've tried everything i can think of. guess i'm screwed.

 

[SparkyJJO]

well balls, i've tried everything i can think of. guess i'm screwed.

Keep thinking. You may randomly remember it later. I've done that before. Although usually it is after the time I really needed whatever it was

 

[FelixDeCat]

I try to use variations of the same password for most encrypted containers, which makes it hard to forget. It can be from 21 to 26 characters long with upper and lower case letters and a number sequence that can be translated into special characters. All containers are hidden so that if forced to reveal a password, non sensitive data is presented.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Now we know your secret :sneaky:

 

[lxskllr]

If you think you're close with the password, you may be able to brute force it.

 

[SKORPI0]

Now we know your secret :sneaky:

Rule#1. Nobody talks about U.....

 

[lxskllr]

https://code.google.com/p/truecrack/