[Discuss] TrueCrypt on a network Drive

[Chris O'Connell]

Aldo, quick question... is this an NTFS drive?

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:28 PM, aldo albanese <aldo_albanese at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Thanks Rich for the fast reply.  To give you more details, this is what I
> did
>
> Created a folder called TrueCrypt on the network drive.
> Via TrueCrypt App, I created a volume using option "Create an encrypted
> file container".
> I selected standard TrueCrypt volume then I entered Z:\Truecrypt\Truecrypt
> and selected "never save history"
> I selected the default option for encryption.
> Used Volume size 1 GB
> Entered Password
> Use filesystem NTFS moved my mouse around few times.
> Then I went back into Truecrypt, clicked on the J Drive within the
> Truecrypt window, selected the file on the Z:\Truecrypt\Truecrypt and
> clicked Mount.  I was able to move files in the J drive.
>
> Few days later using the J drive, I can not get in anymore.  What am I
> doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Aldo
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com>
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 12:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] TrueCrypt on a network Drive
>
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:14:13 -0700 (PDT)
> aldo albanese <aldo_albanese at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> > password using the default options in TrueCrypt.  I then open the
> > file without the issue mapping it to a "J" Drive.  Few days later,
> > with the same password I'm unable to open it, Truecrypt is telling me
> > that it is a wrong password.
>
> NTFS is not a cluster-aware file system. If you have the container
> mounted in two places at the same time then you've almost certainly
> destroyed the contents.
>
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