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Old 01-07-2008, 09:16 PM   #1
G-Unot
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Hey Guys, im on ubuntu 7.10 and i want to encypt my Hard drive. i tried useing truecrypt but it just erased my os. Is there a way i can encrypt my whole hard drive without erasing the OS. or do u guys have any other recomendations for encypting software?
 
Old 01-08-2008, 03:09 AM   #2
Zmyrgel
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You need encrypt your hard drive first and then install the OS on the encrypted part.

May I ask what's so important you need to encrypt whole OS? Couldn't you just encrypt your home partition or something?
 
  


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