nemo_outis wrote:


> You see, the space on a HD, as conventionally set up, consists entirely of
> the following: the boot track and one or more partitions. (This excludes
> the rare cases where there is unallocated unpartitioned space on the drive,
> and arcana such as the HPA and manufacturer's reserved space).
>
> So, if you encrypt all partitions on such a drive (as Truecrypt v5 now
> allows you to do, even if it is the boot/system drive) you have encrypted
> the **whole drive** - with the exception, of course, of the small
> unencrypted bootstub info on track 0 - just as with ALL other whole-disk HD
> OTFE encryption programs.


If you're not using the pre-boot stuff, then TrueCrypt can encrypt the
entire volume including the MBR with its partition table.