Getting a bluescreen with Truecrypt?
Recently, I was getting a BSOD on Windows when trying to mount a Truecrypt partition. I had no idea what the heck was going on, until I came across a forum post. Well, I was using Ext2 Installable File System for Windows to mount my Linux partitions on Windows. The driver that it uses somehow conflicts with Truecrypt. I never went into too much depth with this besides uninstalling Ext2 Installable File System for Windows, and BAM, everything worked fine. Just thought I would pass this along to everyone.
Hope this helps!
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Thanks for this info. I have been having trouble on one of my machines. It is the one I use Ext2 on. Thanks again for sharing.
If you have plenty of hard drive space and another Windows license, install a second copy of Windows under Virtualbox. That copy of Windows will not need to mount ext2 partitions, so you can safely run TrueCrypt under it.
Thanks, would have had no clue otherwise.
Very much appreciated! I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to figure out why my home machine was getting BSOD every time I used TrueCrypt, even after reinstalling the OS, while all other machines I use it on are fine. The home machine is the only one I have using ext2 on Windows. Definately something to test when I get home.
Thanks much for that… Windows is definitely allergic to opensource software
I owe you many thanks Matthew, you made the internet better the day you wrote that entry, NOW truecrypt works