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1. HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT A HARD DRIVE HOW TO
2. HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT A HARD DRIVE INSTALL
3. HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT A HARD DRIVE FULL

If everything has been done successfully, a message will be displayed: If asked, confirm the overwrite of the configuration: Then, insert your YubiKey, open the YubiKey Personalization Tools and click on Static Password:Ĭhoose Configuration Slot 1 and US Keyboard as the keyboard layout:Ĭreate the end of your main password to be stored on the YubiKey, here a link to a nice password generator:įinally, apply the configuration yo your YubiKey by clicking on Write Configuration:

HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT A HARD DRIVE INSTALL

HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT A HARD DRIVE HOW TO

So, before setting up BitLocker or VeraCrypt, here how to set up your YubiKey to store the end of your password: To avoid to use a weak password, the YubiKey could help you a lot: the first part of your password is known only by you (and you have to type it everytime) and the second part of your password is stored in the YubiKey, and you don’t need to know it. This is the most important of this post 🙂Īctually, BitLocker and VeraCrypt require that you type a password to set up the disk encryption. How to store the end of your password in the YubiKey? Use a YubiKey to store the end of your passwordĪ YubiKey is like a small USB stick key and it works like a keyboard: when you plug it and push its button, it will write a sequence of characters that you would have set up before and finally type the “Enter” key. Here another post on how to setup VeraCrypt. VeraCrypt is a free and open-source utility used for encrypting the entire storage device with pre-boot authentication it’s like BitLocker. If you don’t have any of these versions of Windows, the other solution is VeraCrypt. If you have Windows 7 Ultimate or a Professional or Enterprise edition of Windows 8 or 10, BitLocker is already ready to run on your computer! Here a nice post on how to set-up BitLocker encryption. And a part of this password can be stored on a YubiKey for maximum convience and security. Otherwise, your computer will stay completely unusable. It means that, at every startup, you will need to type a password to boot your computer. To avoid this, some tools can encrypt the entire disk of your computer. How would you feel if someone were searching peacefully all your life? This unknown person would see the pictures of you when you were on vacation or at your child’s birthday, would have access to your calendar, or all your administrative stuff… So don’t trust to much that your Windows password it’s enough. If your computer is stolen, it’s possible to log on it and to explore all your files, pictures, documents, web browsing history. Why should you use it for your own computer? Because, the Windows authentication password system is very weak and can be easily bypassed.

HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT A HARD DRIVE FULL

Full Disk Encryption is the term used to indicate a technology that encrypts your entire hard drive.