Is this Real ? Encrypting 500 GB HDD in 5 Seconds ?

Hi,

I was looking for a software that would easily Encrypt my 500 GB HDD without much of technical knowledge.

I looked at "TruCrypt" "Cryptic Disk" "Hide & Protect Any Drive" ...etc.

But they all required mounting & Unmounting & other stuff.

Then I came across a software called "StorageCrypt" which Encrypts a 500 GB HDD in less than 5 Seconds. I didn't believe it so I downloaded trial version & tried it & it did something in less than 5 seconds. But I couldn't tell if it really encrypted the HDD or just did something else that would open with a Password. Here is the Link to download free trial.

http://www.magic2003.net/


Other software took a long time to encrypt & involved many steps.

Can anyone tell me how to verify if your HDD is Really Encrypted or not & whether this software is for Real ?

Thank You.

 

I used TrueCrypt to encrypt my entire OS drive and it works great, from what I recall it was fast. Anyways at work we use an encryption program that starts at boot in the OS and they only encrypt certain files, docs, xls, 'work' files.
How do you know it is encrypted? If you take the drive and slave it in another system to recover data from a system crash, the files open as garbage. Then you have to recover the encryption key and run a decrypter.
If you copy the files to removable media (flash drives) while Windows is running it is decrypted, so you can share your powerpoint, ect.

Truely encryption is great if the computer never crashes. We techs at work HATE the encryption program we use, it slows the boot & causes BSOD & registry problems. The corporate IT & Audit make the choices.