Can DPD encrypt a whole volume?

[Radial]

I'd like to have a whole partition on my drive encrypted, but I cannot find any info to see if DPD is able to do this, only container files seem to be mentioned.

Is it possible to take an unused/unformated partition and create an encrypted volume?

Many thanks,

Radial.

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[Radial]

I'd like to have a whole partition on my drive encrypted, but I cannot find any info to see if DPD is able to do this, only container files seem to be mentioned.

Is it possible to take an unused/unformated partition and create an encrypted volume?

Many thanks,

Radial.

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[dr. wagner]

no, it cant encrypt a volume.

but you could create an image that has the size of the whole partition and thats it. depending on the file system, you can make it look really 'cute'.

for example, under [at least] Win2000, you can create the partition, then remove the letter from that partition [via diskmgmt.msc\assign letter and path], then mount that partition to a folder...

then mount the image from that 'folder' to the letter that 'belonged' to the partition.

you can assign different letters and mount partitions to folders only on a NTFS file system.


i think it is possible to do the same even without mounting the partition to a folder. experiment with the so-called 'hard links'. but if it doesnt work, you can mount the partition to a folder somewhere 'deep inside', where it is not seen at all. i mean, if you mount it to C:\myfolder - its one thing, and if you mount it to C:\Winnt\myfolder - nobody knows its there :-)

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Post Edited (02-01-05 16:45)

[dr. wagner]

no, it cant encrypt a volume.

but you could create an image that has the size of the whole partition and thats it. depending on the file system, you can make it look really 'cute'.

for example, under [at least] Win2000, you can create the partition, then remove the letter from that partition [via diskmgmt.msc\assign letter and path], then mount that partition to a folder...

then mount the image from that 'folder' to the letter that 'belonged' to the partition.

you can assign different letters and mount partitions to folders only on a NTFS file system.


i think it is possible to do the same even without mounting the partition to a folder. experiment with the so-called 'hard links'. but if it doesnt work, you can mount the partition to a folder somewhere 'deep inside', where it is not seen at all. i mean, if you mount it to C:\myfolder - its one thing, and if you mount it to C:\Winnt\myfolder - nobody knows its there :-)

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Post Edited (02-01-05 16:45)

[Radial]

Kewl, thanks for the idea :) I think I will make the purchase.

[Radial]

Kewl, thanks for the idea :) I think I will make the purchase.