Hiding/encrypting an external hdd partition in a non-destructive way ?

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i have an external hdd with personal info like bank details personal projects etc. I have 2 partitions, one for my personal stuff and one for casual stuff. I tried truecrypt, but when the disk is plugged, the encrypted partitions appear as unformatted drives, and anyone will be tempted to format it, thus destroying all data.

I am looking for a way to make only the casual partition visible on any computer it is plugged in.

arnab321

Posted 2012-09-30T07:27:32.050

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Why do other people have access to your computer while your personal external hdd is connected to the computer? The simple solution would be use Bitlocker instead. – Ramhound – 2013-03-01T12:18:12.650

"my personal external hdd" might not be always connected to my computer. in fact, most of the time i have to lend it to my friends to transfer stuff across computers. Unfortunately, Bitlocker doesn't prevent directory listing. – arnab321 – 2013-03-01T19:46:01.317

Simple solution to that problem. Use Bitlocker and have a TrueCrypt container be the only thing that exists on the drive. – Ramhound – 2013-03-01T20:15:47.403

Answers

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I suggest to create only one non-encrypted partition and then to create a truecrypt volume on it: when not mounted it will look like a normal (big) file inside, just like a any other file

Andrea de Palo

Posted 2012-09-30T07:27:32.050

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