Favorite Volumes Favorite volumes are useful, for example, in any the following cases:
•
You have a volume that always needs to be
mounted to a particular drive letter .
•
You have a volume that needs to be
automatically mounted when its host device gets connected to the computer (for example, a container located on a USB flash drive or
external USB hard drive).
•
You have a volume that needs to be
automatically mounted when you log on to the
operating system.
•
You have a volume that always needs to be
mounted as read-only or removable medium.
To configure a TrueCrypt volume as a favorite volume, follow these steps: 1. Mount the volume (to the drive letter to which you want it to be mounted every time).
2. Right-click the mounted volume in the drive list in the main TrueCrypt window and select
‘
Add to Favorites ’.
3. The Favorite Volumes Organizer window should appear now. In this window, you can set
various options for the volume (see below).
4. Click
OK .
Favorite volumes can be mounted in several ways: To mount all favorite volumes, select
Favorites >
Mount Favorite Volumes or press the ‘
Mount Favorite Volumes ’ hot key (
Settings >
Hot Keys ). To mount only one of the favorite volumes, select it from the list contained in the
Favorites menu. When you do so, you are asked for its password (and/or keyfiles) (unless it is cached) and if
it is correct, the volume is mounted. If it is already mounted, an Explorer window is opened for it.
Selected or all favorite volumes can be mounted automatically whenever you log on to Windows. To set this up, follow these steps:
1. Mount the volume you want to have mounted automatically when you log on (mount it to
the drive letter to which you want it to be mounted every time).
2. Right-click the mounted volume in the drive list in the main TrueCrypt window and select
‘
Add to Favorites ’.
3. The Favorites Organizer window should appear now. In this window, enable the option
‘
Mount selected volume upon logon ’ and click
OK .
Then, when you log on to Windows, you will be asked for the volume password (and/or keyfiles)
and if it is correct, the volume will be mounted.
Note: TrueCrypt will not prompt you for a password if you have enabled caching of the pre-boot
authentication password (
Settings > ‘
System Encryption ’) and the volumes use the same password
as the system partition/drive.
