I'm not a low level HDD type weenie, but my understanding is that TrueCrypt operates at a very low level; i.e. there's a TrueCrypt device driver that handles the interaction between Windows and the TrueCrypt volume.
In theory, this means that you will be as safe writing info at high speeds/volumes to a TrueCrypt volume as to any other volume you can "see" in Windows. It also means you should be able to use standard tools such as chkdsk etc to resolve any problems which may occur with a TrueCrypt volume. I've had no problems personally with reading and writing large files to a 10GB TrueCrypt volume for quite some time (although that is just copying files back and forth, not running an application off the volume), and I've heard nothing to make me suspect in any way that TrueCrypt volumes aren't as robust as reading/writing to a physical HDD or any other volume. Cheers, C. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Bird I saw references recently to True Crypt for protecting customer test data on my PC - I have got hold of it and it does indeed look terrific. The only possible thing I could see going wrong is that the file with the folder structure inside it getting corrupted and becoming unreadable......I am gathering from the FAQ and the comments of others it is pretty robust. Anyone using it want to confirm it does withstand a good amount of day to day thrashing without breaking easily? For instance is it safe enough to run disk intensive legacy programs on large data files inside a TrueCrypt volume, or is it better to copy the working versions outside of it. And of course I really got to make sure I don't lose the password! Hence the interest in Password Safe. Up to now I have been storing such stuff in zip files and encrypting them with my own routine, which sort of works OK, but it is a bother to unencrypt and unzip when I want to get at them. _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
