Detect a TrueCrypt Volume

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I think I set up a TrueCrypt volume on my Win7 machine a few months ago. Now I cannot remember where I set it up or what the password might be. Is there any way that I can detect this volume? I would have maybe gave it a capacity of 2GB or thereabouts so I don't want that storage going to waste.

If I uninstall TrueCrypt, would that release the volume assigned to it?

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '12 at 20:47

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Try a disk utility that allows you to locate large files or sort files by size (such as windirstat, although there are many others). A file that's 2GB should stand out.

answered Jan 29 '12 at 20:47

jdigital

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Thank you. I found a large file using windirstat and it indeed was a truecrypt volume. Problem solved. – Grungefreak Jan 29 '12 at 21:04

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '12 at 20:38

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Search your disk for a file with extension tc (*.tc).

There is no volume assigned unless you assign one (a drive letter). So you can uninstall freely.

answered Jan 29 '12 at 20:38

Ofer Zelig

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I have searched for that file extension and cannot find it. However, if I did set up a volume and saved some files in it, surely it exists somewhere on my drive? – Grungefreak Jan 29 '12 at 20:44
The 'volume' is a mounted .tc file attached to a drive letter. It must be there as a .tc file, or else try looking for large (>1GB) files. I can't think of something else... – Ofer Zelig Jan 29 '12 at 20:49

Detect a TrueCrypt Volume

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