Truecrypt stupidity

[frosty03]

I've been using my truecrypt volume for the last few months without any problems, until today when i tried to copy over a large iso. Then it hit, the truecrypt volume was created in FAT not NTFS

What can I do to salvage the situation? Is it possible to convert to NTFS using the windows convert? Or will i have to copy over ALL the stuff, re-create the truecrypt volume and then copy it back? Google doesnt seem to have the answer, prolly becos nobody has done something so silly before.

 

[frosty03]

i've made a test container, in FAT. Mounted it, and ran "convert.exe" on it...

it worked!

Thing is... i dont know if i want to try this on my original problem, since it is on an USB Harddrive, and contains around 30gb of important stuff.....

Anybody done this b4?

 

[frosty03]

Or better yet simply copy them to another Truecrypt volume... in any case, storing a valuable pr0n collection, I mean mission-critical data on an encrypted external USB drive, without a backup, seems like a disaster in the making...

30gb only???? Surely most of us have "collections" far larger than that.
If it were pr0n, i'd simply upload the lot to a torrent site and then re-download at a later date... would prolly help the ratios as well

It isnt "mission critical", but more sentimental. Backups do exist, but they are on a mixture of DVDs and CDs, and would be a real PITA to retrieve.

 

[frosty03]

Since this will eventually be spidered by google...

Just tried it out. Mounted the TC volume. cmd window. Convert the volume to NTFS after forcing dismount.

Everything appears intact. Phhhheeeewwwww....