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   Cornelis Tromp to Anonymous   
   Re: Cloning Encrypted C: Drive? (Kind of   
   28 Feb 16 05:24:12   
   
   XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.pcnews, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage   
   XPost: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell   
   From: nobody@holland.remailer.nl   
      
   In article    
   Anonymous  wrote:   
   >   
   > Nathan Hale:   
   > >> I have my C: drive encrypted with True Crypt.  If I make a clone of   
   > >> this drive, will the clone, when substituted for the present C: work   
   > >> the same as the original C: containing True Crypt, or will I have   
   > >> to remove the TC encryption before cloning?   
   > >>   
   > >> I lost my Windows install disks (XP) and want to make sure I will be   
   > >> able to keep using XP.  I don't need anymore problems with the newer   
   > >> stuff  created by The Bandits Of Redmond.   
   > >   
   > >   The clone of the TrueCrypted drive should work.  Just be sure that you   
   back up the MBR also.  Also, backing up the bios is a good idea.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >   
   > Do you think some clod using XP could backup the BIOS?  Besides, saying   
   > "it should work" was not informative in the least. Whether it works   
   > depends on the cloning process, which program and the disk to which it   
   > was cloned. You did not do him any favor with that answer, and you   
   > actually did him an injustice by pretending to have an informed opinion   
   > and making him ignorantly confident. It really would have been better to   
   > just keep your mouth shut.   
      
   Thank you for your highly technical and informative   
   contribution.  This thread could not have survived without it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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