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wolfking619:
does anyone know if you can still stop the encrypting of the program truecrypt cause it will take literally 5-6days to crypt my second hard drive.
i know this isn't a forum for this kind of stuff but yeah i actually hoped someone could help me out
hope to hear from you soon
wolfking
datora:
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You appear to be in uncharted waters. Let us know how that works out for you ... ;) ;D
Um, sorry. Can't help you. I usually truecrypt manageable volume sizes, like 5 or 15 GB for data that needs to be encrypted. Sounds like you attempted an entire 2 TB drive or somesuch?
Did you attempt to encrypt an entire drive without any data on it? Or, is there data on the drive that would be endangered? If I was attempting to encrypt an entire, empty drive, I'd probably kill the process with task manager or something and then reformat the drive and try again.
If I had critical data on the drive, I'd be much less tempted. Stopping something like truecrypt in the middle of its procedure is begging for very serious trouble ... even if the files are "safe," they may be in (partially) in encrypted format and ,,,well, doesn't sound good.
It sucks to wait two days, but might be your best option and call it a Learning Experience. On the bright side, you have two days to google to your heart's content on all the vagaries and esoterica of truecrypt, one of which may well be a Stop option. At that point you'll be a boss on it and might be kind enough to post back on it ..?
I mean, I sure would like to see how the story ends for my own selfish knowledge. ;)
vuzedome:
Man what were you thinking when you decided to encrypt your entire hard drive filled with data?
Didn't you at least try it out on smaller partitions or even a virtual hard drive?
wolfking619:
--- Quote from: datora on April 10, 2012, 02:00:11 AM ---.
You appear to be in uncharted waters. Let us know how that works out for you ... ;) ;D
Um, sorry. Can't help you. I usually truecrypt manageable volume sizes, like 5 or 15 GB for data that needs to be encrypted. Sounds like you attempted an entire 2 TB drive or somesuch?
Did you attempt to encrypt an entire drive without any data on it? Or, is there data on the drive that would be endangered? If I was attempting to encrypt an entire, empty drive, I'd probably kill the process with task manager or something and then reformat the drive and try again.
If I had critical data on the drive, I'd be much less tempted. Stopping something like truecrypt in the middle of its procedure is begging for very serious trouble ... even if the files are "safe," they may be in (partially) in encrypted format and ,,,well, doesn't sound good.
It sucks to wait two days, but might be your best option and call it a Learning Experience. On the bright side, you have two days to google to your heart's content on all the vagaries and esoterica of truecrypt, one of which may well be a Stop option. At that point you'll be a boss on it and might be kind enough to post back on it ..?
I mean, I sure would like to see how the story ends for my own selfish knowledge. ;)
--- End quote ---
yeah it's about 2 TB exactly and well the time it takes is quite long
and yes all the anime i downloaded from bakabt is on this harddrive.
and yes i tried smaller porpotions at first like 100 gig did just take 1 hour but on my second drive it takes longer i guess.
well if it's like this i guess i just have to wait if i read wel in the comments.
so yeah just wait till my anime get's back to me xD
metro.:
What was the point of encrypting your ENTIRE harddrive?
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