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« on: April 21, 2009, 11:59 AM »
when mountingencrypted partition with truecrypt i have to use \Device\HarddiskX\PartitionX path
but there is a known problem with windows disk numbers - they are not always the same http://support.micro....com/kb/937251/en-us
so basically if i have three hdds there is no way to tell if partition i want to mount will be
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1, \Device\Harddisk1\Partition1 or \Device\Harddisk2\Partition1
therefore i cant connect \device\harddisk paths to correct drive letters
what i come with so far is:
1. i can have list of disks and their serial numbers with some utils for ex. diskid32.exe http://www.winsim.com/diskid32/diskid32.html
2. to make it more clear lets do: diskid32.exe | findstr /C:"STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR" /C:"Serial Number ="
output is:
**** STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR for drive 0 **** Serial Number = [S13PJ90QA46513]
**** STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR for drive 1 **** Serial Number = [S13PJ9BQC04227]
**** STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR for drive 2 **** Serial Number = [S13PJ1KQ600179]
or simply:
drive 0 = [S13PJ90QA4X513]
drive 1 = [S13PJ9BQC04X27]
drive 2 = [S13PJ1KQ60X179]
command to actually mount a partition is
TrueCrypt.exe /V \Device\Harddisk S13PJ90QA4X513 \Partition1 /L D
where
/V is volume
/L is drive letter
but instead of \Device\Harddisk S13PJ90QA4X513 \Partition1
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1 should be used
so, so far at every boot i need to create list of hhds numbers & serial numbers and replace serial numbers with disk numbers in my batch file that mounts partitions
it is working for me, but it have to be some way to combine everything (diskid32, findstr, sed, my own batch) to something simpler that will work for all the people
http://forums.truecrypt.org/viewtopic.php?t=15714
but there is a known problem with windows disk numbers - they are not always the same http://support.micro....com/kb/937251/en-us
so basically if i have three hdds there is no way to tell if partition i want to mount will be
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1, \Device\Harddisk1\Partition1 or \Device\Harddisk2\Partition1
therefore i cant connect \device\harddisk paths to correct drive letters
what i come with so far is:
1. i can have list of disks and their serial numbers with some utils for ex. diskid32.exe http://www.winsim.com/diskid32/diskid32.html
2. to make it more clear lets do: diskid32.exe | findstr /C:"STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR" /C:"Serial Number ="
output is:
**** STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR for drive 0 **** Serial Number = [S13PJ90QA46513]
**** STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR for drive 1 **** Serial Number = [S13PJ9BQC04227]
**** STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR for drive 2 **** Serial Number = [S13PJ1KQ600179]
or simply:
drive 0 = [S13PJ90QA4X513]
drive 1 = [S13PJ9BQC04X27]
drive 2 = [S13PJ1KQ60X179]
command to actually mount a partition is
TrueCrypt.exe /V \Device\Harddisk S13PJ90QA4X513 \Partition1 /L D
where
/V is volume
/L is drive letter
but instead of \Device\Harddisk S13PJ90QA4X513 \Partition1
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1 should be used
so, so far at every boot i need to create list of hhds numbers & serial numbers and replace serial numbers with disk numbers in my batch file that mounts partitions
it is working for me, but it have to be some way to combine everything (diskid32, findstr, sed, my own batch) to something simpler that will work for all the people
http://forums.truecrypt.org/viewtopic.php?t=15714