how to use veracrypt on external hard drives

How to use veracrypt on external hard drives portable#

You would have access to all the other files, except this partition unless you enter the password. While the partition encryption will encrypt only the portion of the drive and the data you wish to keep safe. If it's not opened properly or something goes wrong, the file system structure of the whole volume will be damaged. With the whole HDD encryption software you would need to administrate the drive every time. I personally would encrypt just one partition. Whatever you decide to use as an encryption software, I guess it will do the job. Or should I just use the WD encryption instead, not inclined towards it. What is best, entire HDD encryption or partition encryption or container?

How to use veracrypt on external hard drives portable#

I was also thinking maybe I can make a small partition to store VeraCrypt portable in case I want to see the data on some other computer. I am using VeraCrypt instead of TrueCrypt which I used earlierġ) Should I partition the 2Tb HDD and encrypt a say 500Gb partition to store sensitive files? What format to use for the partition, before and after encryption?Ģ) Should I make a 500Gb container instead of a partition? Is this better than above option? What format to use for container?ģ) Should I just go ahead and encrypt the entire 2Tb HDD with VeraCrypt and also store non-sensitive data like backup of my pictures on this encrypted HDD? Is this better than above 2 options? What formats to use? I was already doing backups on another 500Gb HDD which was having a 200Gb encrypted TrueCrypt partition (apart from another 300Gb unencrypted partition) but the space was over in both, so I got a new large one. WD also gives it's own encryption software which I do not plan to use. I have purchased a WD Ultra 2Tb external HDD for backups.