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    Question about ASUS partitions and system encryption

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by granturissimus, May 30, 2012.

  1. granturissimus

    granturissimus Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd like to use TrueCrypt to encrypt my UL30a.

    My ASUS has 2 partitions. One the Windows 7 C drive, and some nameless partition that's almost 15 gigs in size.

    What is that 15 gig partition? Is it the ASUS system recovery partition? Should I encrypt it too?

    Here's a photo of my partitions:

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    granturissimus, May 30, 2012
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  2. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    Yes, it's the recovery partition.

    Pretty sure that if you encrypt the recovery partition, it will become inaccessible from the recovery boot. Content on it is like on an oem disc.
     
    nipsen, May 30, 2012
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