Truecrypt Question

Combat squirrel · 26 Jul 2011 at 22:28

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.

wizardmaxx · 26 Jul 2011 at 22:54

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.

Combat squirrel · 26 Jul 2011 at 23:07

wizardmaxx said:
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

somewhatdamaged · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:14

What are the benefits of encrypting the drive? I've considered this on my RAID5 volume with all my bank documents and personal stuff on, but at 10TB i am worried it will take donkeys years

Combat squirrel · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:25

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

SGWills · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:23

it took my pc, 3 hours to encrypt a 300gb hard drive, however you can carry on doing your thing and even turn the pc off and it will just carry on from where it stopped

whitecrook · 28 Jul 2011 at 18:36

If you are encryting the whole drive use the whole
Drive encryption option. A 1.5tb file container seems to be asking for trouble. Im not even sure if that exceeds either the fs limitations or maybe tc limitations?