Version Information

Supported Operating Systems 
Note: After this version of TrueCrypt was released, a new version of an operating system may 
have been released, verified to be fully compatible with TrueCrypt and added to the list of 
supported systems. Therefore, if this is the latest stable version of TrueCrypt, you should check the 
online version of this chapter at 
http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=supported-operating-systems
. 
This version of TrueCrypt supports the following operating systems: 
•
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) 
•
Windows Vista 
•
Windows Vista x64 (64-bit) Edition 
•
Windows XP 
•
Windows XP x64 (64-bit) Edition 
•
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) 
•
Windows Server 2008 
•
Windows Server 2008 x64 (64-bit) 
•
Windows Server 2003 
•
Windows Server 2003 x64 (64-bit) 
•
Windows 2000 SP4 
•
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (64-bit and 32-bit) 
•
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (32-bit) 
•
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 
•
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger 
•
Linux (32-bit and 64-bit versions, kernel 2.6 or compatible) 
Note: The following operating systems (among others) are not supported: Windows 2003 IA-64, Windows 2008 IA-64, 
Windows XP IA-64, and the Embedded/Tablet versions of Windows. 
See also the section 
Operating Systems Supported for System Encryption
. 

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Command Line Usage 
Note that this section applies to the Windows version of TrueCrypt. For information on command 
line usage applying to the 
Linux and Mac OS X versions
, please run: 
truecrypt –h
/help
or 
/? 
Display command line help.
 
 
/volume
or 
/v 
File and path name of a TrueCrypt volume to mount (do not use when 
dismounting). To mount a partition/device-hosted volume, use, for example, 
/v \Device\Harddisk1\Partition3 
(to determine the path to a