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1. HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT THE ENTIRE DRIVE INSTALL
2. HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT THE ENTIRE DRIVE WINDOWS

HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT THE ENTIRE DRIVE INSTALL

Make sure you do NOT overwrite this when installing Linux! You can accidentally overwrite it during the Linux install process by telling Linux to save the Linux bootloader to the SSD/ to the drive. But remember that by this point Veracrypt has saved a new bootloader to the MBR.

HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT THE ENTIRE DRIVE WINDOWS

If you are to go for single partition encryption (for the Windows OS, that is), you can then go about installing Linux. You just need to press Esc at the Pre Boot Authentication screen. It will boot fine after Windows has been encrypted. If this is the case, you don't need to worry about it. Honestly, I think it's easier to just reinstall Linux after you have encrypted Windows – unless your Linux bootloader was installed to the very partition where Linux was installed and not to your MBR. If you are using Grubs or any other Linux bootloader, it will get over-written. This way, only your Windows partition will get encrypted.īoth ways would over-write your MBR on your drive. Not possible if you want to install Linux.Ģ) Single partition encryption. This would render any Linux installations/ partitions you may have unbootable. There are two ways to encrypt Windows installations with Veracrypt:ġ) Whole disk encryption – encrypting the whole drive and anything in it. Linux has a built in open source encryption software, which I trust. PS I have found in your documentation "To encrypt a system partition or entire system drive, select System > Encrypt System Partition/Drive and then follow the instructions in the wizard" but there is no menu element 'System' at all when I open VeraCrypt installed in RAM on running LiveCD.

How can I use VeraCrypt to encrypt the entire drive with ability to add or remove operating systems after encryption? Moreover, I couldn't find any entry for "full disk encryption" in your VeraCrypt User Guide.pdf and the page 31 (System Encryption) is too general. However, their tutorial requires the use of BitLocker () so I thought that it may be easier to do with VeraCrypt. There may be further reinstallations of operating systems and I know that Crucial supports hardware encryption. I have just bought and installed Crucial MX300 2.5-inch SSD 1050 GB () and I would like to install two operating systems on it, i.e.