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Encrypting a Flash Drive with TrueCrypt

Keeping sensative data out of the hands of others is highly important, which is why we use TrueCrypt to encrypt all of the important data at Scurlock Systems. If you're carrying around sensative data on a flash drive, here's how you can set it up.

TrueCrypt is available for free from our Utilities page. Download the software, and run it to install. You'll just want to perform a regular install.

Open Truecrypt. You should see a window like this.

Click the Create Volume button (circled in red). This should bring up a new window, which looks like this...

By default, the "Create an encrypted file container" option is selected. This is what you will need. Hit Next.

This part is set up correctly by default as well. Hit Next.

Here you will be selecting where you want to save the file. Click "Select File"

Browse to your flash drive, and type in a file name. I typed in Data as the file name. Hit Enter.

It should look something like this. Hit Next.

This is set up properly for most purposes. Hit next.

Depending on what size your drive is, you can create up to 3999MB of storage on TrueCrypt, due to the way flash drives are formatted. For demonstration purposes, we used an 8GB drive.

Enter your password. We recommend following the guidelines on the window when choosing a password. Be sure not to lose it, else you will never get your data back! After you've entered it, hit Next.

IMPORTANT: move your mouse around that little box for a few seconds. This randomizes your encryprion, making it more secure. Then, click Format.

This processs can take a while...

Yay! Now, lets mount it and put data in it.

At this window, select the drive letter you wish to set your encrypted archive to, and click Select File.

Browse to the flash drive, and click on the file you created.

It should look like this, now. Next, click Mount.

It will ask you for your password. Please input the password you set earlier.

This is what it looks like when you've successfully created and mounted a TrueCrypt drive. Now, just navigate to My Computer...

And just drag and drop files that you'd like to put on the drive into there. You're ready to go!

If you experience any problems or have further questions, you can contact us for assistance. Happy computing!