How to Hide TC Bootloader

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: The procedure works with XP

   I have no experience with it, nor even installation disks to test...,,, It should be the one booting by default, presenting itself as 'C:'.
   
   If you are smart enough to clone Windows that way they would be able to run from different partition
   - you can do it., Encrypt system partition, answering: multiboot
   - Yes boot drive
   - Yes system drives
   - single multiple systems
   - Yes non-windows loader
   - No ,,,,, TC loader does not appear now. (U) windows boots., to C:\Windows), If you are quick enough to strike an arrow key in a proper
   0.5s, you can set timeout to 0, so Windows boot menu would never appear.
   
   Note, that the line for R must be present in boot menu on U system. ,, If you choose "TrueCrypt Loader"
   
   the TC loader appears, giving you opportunity to enter password.
   
   If the password is correct, the Windows Boot Menu appears again
   - now you should choose "Encrypted".
   
   If you choose "Encrypted" on the first menu appearance (before TC) system just hangs, but with no damage to any data, you just have to reboot it.
   
   Note, that TC need not to be installed on (U) system.
   
   It is generally wise to keep U unmounted when running R (boot R, go to Disk Manager and check "don't assign volume letter nor path" for U partition.
   
   Otherwise you must be quite careful to avoid data leaks to this partition.
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   Step 2: but Vista has different boot chaining mechanism.

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   Step 3: Could somebody

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   Step 4: please

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   Step 5: port this to Vista?

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   Step 6: Install WinXP (it'll be your U system) to the first physical partition on the disk.

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   Step 7: Boot up Windows

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   Step 8: go to Disk Manager

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   Step 9: then create second partition (it'll be your R)

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    Step 10: format it as NTFS and mark active.

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    Step 11: Run the WinXP installation again on the second partition.

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    Step 12: Boot R

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    Step 13: install TrueCrypt.

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    Step 14: Boot your R (giving the password to TC loader)

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    Step 15: Go to Disk Manager and mark the first (U) partition as active.

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    Step 16: Boot your disk editor and save Track:0

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    Step 17: Sector:1 to file named TCLDR.DAT on flash stick or floppy If you use Linux live

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    Step 18: it can be done using the command: Code: $ dd bs=512 count=1 if=/dev/hda /of=/media/sda3/TCLDR.DAT (replace /dev/hda with whatever your disk is called and /media/sda3 with flashstick mounting point)

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    Step 19: Boot Windows install DVD

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    Step 20: go to Repair mode

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    Step 21: log to disk C: and type Code: C:\WINDOWS> fixmbr

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    Step 22: Boot up your computer.

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    Step 23: Copy TCLDR.DAT from flashstick to any directory you like on C: (e.g.

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    Step 24: Edit C:\BOOT.INI and make it looking more or less like that: Code: timeout=10 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Unencrypted Windows XP" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Encrypted Win-XP" /fastdetect C:\WINDOWS\TCLDR.DAT="TrueCrypt Loader" Of course

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    Step 25: you may use less provocative labels.

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    Step 26: When you power on your PC

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    Step 27: Windows boot normally

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    Step 28: showing (or not - if timeout==0) standard windows boot menu.

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    Step 29: Choose "Unencrypted" or wait till timeout to boot U.

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