I can tell you that I have opened Truecrypt files and mounted TC partitions I had created on other computers. This would be an easy enough experiment to try yourself - you needn't depend on what someone else posts. Looks like there are similar apps for Apple iOs. Just the most critical stuff of 30 MBytes. That's what I do with a 'password/data safe'. There is a simplified app named EDS Lite which can open/read the contents. You can even copy the container to an Android smartphone. Like trying to install something on another persons device, in an 'internet cafe' or the like. It might be a problem on some arbitrary 3rd party device. That's usually not a problem on Windows devices. So put it on a USB stick together with the container e.g.īUT to install Veracrypt or run the portable version you need admin access to the device as like other SW installations need. The portable version can be run without actually permanently installing. Nothing is bound/left to the device where you created/used the container. Tedious!īasically you can move/copy the encrypted container to every device where Veracrypt or Veracrypt portable can be installed/run. Having done that I used to use SyncToy to sync the contents to another encrypted volume on another drive.

You'd need to open/decrypt the encrypted volume in order to backup its contents. I haven't used VeraCrypt but I used to use TrueCrypt.Īs I understood it, the machine you use to try and access the TrueCrypt volume at the very least would have to have the TrueCrypt program installed on it. One other thing I think I came to understand from my inquiries: once you encrypt data like that, the data on the encrypted drive isn't going to be accessible to the typical pre-scheduled Windows backup programs? If you encrypt files on Windows 10 PC #1, let's say in a volume on a portable USB drive, using something like Veracrypt, and then later you want to move that drive and use it on a different PC, how's that going to work?ĭoes all the necessary encryption info reside natively on the encrypted volume? Or, some of it remains on the original PC, and thus using the encrypted drive on a different PC is going to be problematic? But one thing I could never get a clear answer on is the following: I've looked at that kind of approach before.

The volume file can be located anywhere on your mass storage.Ĭlose volume (shut down device) and files are protected. The volume can then be used like a drive letter in Explorer when open.

Why not use a serious tool like Veracrypt.Ĭreate a volume for your files needing protection.

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