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Re: TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate

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<none@none.nets> schreef in bericht 
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> It says in the TC guide that TC works with Win 7.  Evidently, my new 8
> core computer with Windows 7 Ultimate is too new for the old TC, which
> works fine on my other computer running XP SP 3.
>
> It blew my C: Windows.  It booted into the DOS screen and said it
> could not find an O.S.  It asked for the password, but wouldn't accept
> it.  What saved my butt was the recover disk I had made when I got the
> computer.
>
> I have used TC full disk encryption a number of times through the
> years, including on my standby XP machine.  It ain't that hard to use.
> The instructions are very easy to follow.
>
> I don't know if VeraCrypt is truly as safe as True Crypt. The latter
> has sent the powers that be into court a number of times in an effort
> to force a computer owner to open an encrypted drive.  So far as I
> know, that has yet to be the case with drives encrypted with
> VeraCrypt.  That's why I still trust TrueCrypt.  However, I now have
> to trust VeraCrypt.  It is open source, so hopefully enough high
> powered techs have examined it.  Since in the few years it's been
> around, I haven't read of any of those encryption savants point out
> any serious compromises in it.
>
> My advice is that anyone with a newer updated Windows 7 to make dang
> sure you have created a full save of your system and files, system
> restore points, plus having made a recovery disk before you attempt
> using TC.  My machine would now be a doorstop had I not had all these.
>
> Just thought I'd give out this warning of what happened to me.





I use TC 7.1a on my dual core computers under Windows 7, without problems.




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TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate none@none.nets - 2018-02-13 01:23 -0600
  Re: TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2018-02-13 02:48 -0600
    Re: TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-02-13 13:32 +0000
      Re: TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2018-02-13 16:25 -0600
  Re: TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate "Linea Recta" <bleep.bleep@bleep.invalid> - 2018-02-13 13:42 +0100
  Re: TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate Dave <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2018-02-13 15:27 +0000
    Re: TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate none@none.nets - 2018-02-13 21:36 -0600
      Re: TrueCrypt 7.1a Does Not Worik With My New Win 7 Ultimate Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2018-02-14 22:29 -0500
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