Tell me why not to quick format in Truecrypt?

BirdDad

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Nov 25, 2004
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Full volume encryption,
When the volume is already encrypted and the password is lost forever.
Thanks
 

John Connor

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Nov 30, 2012
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The only difference between full and quick is that full writes over free space. If you have no unencrypted free space than quick is all you need.