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Desktop Security Specialist
P.O. Box 173240
Bozeman, MT 59717-3240

Tel: (406) 994-6077
Fax: (406) 994-4600

opermail@montana.edu
> Desktop Security
Install & use TrueCrypt to secure data

IMPORTANT: Do not forget your password. There is virtually no way to recover your data without it.

Click here for more information on encryption.
Click here for more information on TrueCrypt.

Download & run the TrueCrypt installation package:
Windows - truecrypt-4.3a.exe, TrueCrypt Setup 6.1.exe
Linux - truecrypt-6.1-ubuntu-x86.tar.gz

Click here to create a secure volume on your workstation

Create a secure USB flash drive

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Click Install

Click OK

Click No

Click Create Volume

Click Next

Click Select File…

Browse to the USB drive & type in Secure.tc for the file name, click Save

Click Next

Click Next

Type in the desired size of the store (Must be smaller than the free space & recommend it be at least 10-50 MB smaller than the drive capacity)

Click Next

Click Format

Click OK

Click Exit

Click Tools->Traveller Disk Setup…

Set your options as above & click Browse in the File Settings section

Select the USB drive & click OK

Click Browse in the Mount Settings section

Select Secure.tc & click Open

Click OK

 

When you insert your drive into a Windows PC with AutoPlay enabled, you will get the option to mount the TrueCrypt volume.

Enter your password & click OK

You should have another drive available at the next available letter.  Anything saved to this drive will be encrypted.



If you are having trouble with this page...you probably can't read this and any contact information I put here would be useless.

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