Truecrypt Question

[Combat squirrel]

So im trying to encrypt an empty 1.5tb hard drive using a file container in true crypt and it says its going to take 42 hours, this is on a AMD Fushion 1.6ghz, the hard drive is a WD green SATA2 1.5tb and it says its running at 10mb a sec

Is this 'creation and encryption' of a container folder CPU related? its the only thing I can think of why its taking ages, I thought it just created the file... if its CPU related ill run it on my main rig.

 

[Combat squirrel]

Seems very slow.

I can create volumes on my i5 laptop avg 146mb/s so 10GB container takes around 72 seconds to complete.

My main rig is a bit quicker too, so I would give that a try first, but it sounds like there is a driver missing or it's not set up correctly in the bios.

Just ran it again and it loads the CPU 70-90% so could be the processor slowing you down.

Thanks yeah I know encrypting data takes years but just creating a container.... I'll do it on main pc thanks

 

[Combat squirrel]

Damage limitation somewhatdamaged, if stolen, they will only get the hardware and no information what so ever, this I like.