If you encrypt your HDD....don't lose your password

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MrMatt

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Ugh. So I've used truecrypt on my boot drive for several months. Somehow the PW just fell out of my brain today when I went to turn on my other computer. Looks like I have a 60GB SSD brick. Fuck me.
 
dainthomas

dainthomas

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Unless one is a superspy or storing the nuclear launch codes, I fail to see the purpose of encrypting an entire hard drive (individual files are another matter).
 
MrMatt

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wait....if it's that easy why doesn't the FBI or whomever takes encrypted drives just format over the HDD and recover the data they wrote over?


And mine's encrypted because I have my SNN and tons of financial info on it.
 
her209

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MrMatt said:
wait....if it's that easy why doesn't the FBI or whomever takes encrypted drives just format over the HDD and recover the data they wrote over?
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Because by reformatting the HDD, you are erasing the encrypted content (even if you can't read it).
 
MrMatt

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bkch0 said:
TrueCrypt is a software level encryption.
Of course you would lose all data once you format / reinstall OS.
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ah shit I don't even care about that. I was going to do a fresh install this weekend anyway, I got a bunch of old drivers and shit on there I didn't even want.


Thanks guys!
 
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xSauronx

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*sigh*

dude, it will come back to you. if you have data on it you need and you have a secondary machine to use, just keep trying. i had that happen before with a truecrypt volume, eventually i got the password right.
 
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manlymatt83

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xSauronx said:
*sigh*

dude, it will come back to you. if you have data on it you need and you have a secondary machine to use, just keep trying. i had that happen before with a truecrypt volume, eventually i got the password right.
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Yeah, brute force..
 
Jeff7

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MrMatt said:
wait....if it's that easy why doesn't the FBI or whomever takes encrypted drives just format over the HDD and recover the data they wrote over?


And mine's encrypted because I have my SNN and tons of financial info on it.
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.....ok, so let's say they format the HDD.
Then they use recovery software to get back the data that was there before the format.
They will then have a whole load of encrypted, and therefore still useless, data.

Problem not found.


Encrypting the drive doesn't just put a lock and key on the door, with all the perfectly-ordered data huddled inside, hoping no one breaks the door down.

Encrypting the drive goes into your house, puts everything into a mathematical blender, and then stores the key to putting it all back together into a locked safe. If anyone breaks down the door, they're going to see a horrendous, random mess. If someone burns down the house, and then somehow rebuilds what was in there before, they're going to have that same horrendous, random mess again.


MotF Bane said:
Just a 60GB drive, small collection.
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Yeah, you at least need some kind of RAID setup for that stuff, at least 1TB.
 
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MrMatt

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I hate all of you. But yeah, I'm posting from that computer now. Thanks guys. <3
 
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