How Much Does Truecrypt Slow Down a Netbook?
May 12, 2010 | 9:38 pm
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How Much Does Truecrypt Slow Down a Netbook?
I'm getting a new netbook, and I know they are CPU and RAM challenged.
Anyone have any sense how much using Truecrypt slows things down? The two possibilities are having the whole drive encrypted for boot up, or allowing boot up without Truecrypt and creating an encrytped volume.
Anyone have any sense how much using Truecrypt slows things down? The two possibilities are having the whole drive encrypted for boot up, or allowing boot up without Truecrypt and creating an encrytped volume.
May 12, 2010 | 9:42 pm
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May 12, 2010 | 11:06 pm
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Once mounted , I cant say Ive noticed any slow down in speed at all , using True Crypt on my notebook. The notebook partitioned into two drives: the second one , containing my personal stuff ,is encrypted with True Crypt.
That said, it really pays to be picky about what programs and services you run on a notebook if you want to avoid any slow downs in speed.
That said, it really pays to be picky about what programs and services you run on a notebook if you want to avoid any slow downs in speed.
May 12, 2010 | 11:34 pm
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I have a truecrypt partition that I run on a Acer 1810T with a dual core SU7300 processor - never even thought of the impact until I saw your question. from my perspective, it's a non-issue with what I'm running.