Setting up TrueCrypt on new laptop (first time)

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VeraCrypt is currently supported and kept up to date with the latest security algorithms.


https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html

(and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than buying windows pro. imho)

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Thanks Joe. I'm going to read more into this tomorrow, but do you know off-hand if VeraCrypt supports GPT? I tried encrypting with TrueCrypt just a minute ago and it appears, so far, that it only supports MBR. (Again, need to read more into this tomorrow to see if it is true).

And just for the sake of completeness (should anyone come across this thread in the future with the same initial questions I had) - I was able to find the answers to questions 1 and 2, below:

1. After encryption finishes, will I need to enter my decryption password each time I boot up the laptop?

YES (at least for TrueCrypt)

2. My laptop does not have a CD drive. When TrueCrypt asks for a Recovery CD, does the ISO have to be burned to a CD or will TrueCrypt be able to verify if I burn the ISO image to a USB drive using ImgBurn?

Does not appear to be a way to do this that I could easily find (again, in the case of TrueCrypt). An external CD drive seems to be required in this situation.