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Old 03-19-2008, 02:33 AM
Arthur T.
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Default Re: Encrypted backup of whole-disk encryption

In Message-ID:<frc6io$lk0$1@news.mixmin.net>,
Perjut <perjut@no.spam> wrote:

>Arthur T. wrote:
>> I have encrypted virtual disks. When I back up the OS files
>> that hold them, the backups are equally encrypted.
>>
>> I've downloaded TrueCrypt. When I get brave enough, I'm
>> going to implement its whole-disk (or whole-partition) encryption.
>> Is there any reasonable way to back up the data so the backup is
>> encrypted? (Is there any *free* way to securely back up the
>> data?)
>>
>> I'm running Win2K. I normally back up to DVD RW.
>>

>
>It is quite complex and it needs quite a bit of time to learn, but
>anyway, here it goes:
>
>http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/clonezilla-live/


As it turns out, I probably will not be using that utility.
Truecrypt encryption of the OS partition does not support Win2K,
which is what I'm running. I don't expect to downgrade to XP or
Vista, nor do I expect Truecrypt to start supported "older" OSes.

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