Sebastian G. wrote:

> 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.

It "can", but that's a destructive process and there's absolutely no
way to bootstrap any operating system that you might install after the
fact.

You guys aren't thinking this through.