hi yall, i was setting up a laptop for a friend and they needed their HD encrypted, so i encrypted the whole drive with truecrypt, except for the boot partition (since thats an option in truecrypt). then, after the drive was encrypted, i ran daz's bootloader, and based on other posts here, chose the "preserve boot" option from the advanced tab. daz's bootloader prompted me to reboot, so i rebooted, and after entering the password for truecrypt, the screen froze at 'loading...' and did not continue. i tried booting from the truecrypt rescue .iso, entered the pw, and again it froze at 'loading...' -- i also ran the option to 'repair bootloader', to no avail. since i couldn't think of anything else to do, i started decrypting the drive and left it to decrypt while i'm at work. i'll be back home in a few hours -- any thoughts on why windows wasn't able to boot or general advice is welcome! thanks for your help
well, it turns out the drive decrypted just fine, but it left me with the truecrypt bootloader so i ran a recovery disc --> fixmbr and fixboot, which got rid of the truecrypt bootloader and windows is still saying that this copy is activated, which sounds great to me im putting the MGAdiag results just in case im missing something: Code: Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0): ----------------------------------------- Windows Validation Data--> Validation Code: 0 Cached Online Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0xc004f012 Windows Product Key: *****-*****-73CQT-WMF7J-3Q6C9 Windows Product Key Hash: KaFG+RmurcM3ZxzWyfEP9WtPUJw= Windows Product ID: 00359-OEM-8992687-00010 Windows Product ID Type: 2 Windows License Type: OEM SLP Windows OS version: 6.1.7601.2.00010300.1.0.003 ID: {A812AD90-934E-4F97-A49F-5EC8754BB660}(1) Is Admin: Yes TestCab: 0x0 LegitcheckControl ActiveX: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Product Name: Windows 7 Home Premium Architecture: 0x00000009 Build lab: 7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030 TTS Error: Validation Diagnostic: Resolution Status: N/A Vista WgaER Data--> ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Windows XP Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 File Exists: No Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGA Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGA Data--> Office Status: 109 N/A OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002 Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-364-80041010_025D1FF3-229-80041010_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-517-80040154_025D1FF3-237-80040154_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-244-80070002_025D1FF3-258-3 Browser Data--> Proxy settings: N/A User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32) Default Browser: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled Active scripting: Allowed Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed File Scan Data--> File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\wat\watadminsvc.exe[Hr = 0x80070003] File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\wat\npwatweb.dll[Hr = 0x80070003] File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\wat\watux.exe[Hr = 0x80070003] File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\wat\watweb.dll[Hr = 0x80070003] Other data--> Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{A812AD90-934E-4F97-A49F-5EC8754BB660}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0027.0</Version><OS>6.1.7601.2.00010300.1.0.003</OS><Architecture>x64</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-3Q6C9</PKey><PID>00359-OEM-8992687-00010</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-538788203-1710102066-1033387652</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>Hewlett-Packard</Manufacturer><Model>Compaq Presario CQ60 Notebook PC</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>Hewlett-Packard</Manufacturer><Version>F.36</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="4"/><Date>20090313000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>DA843C07018400F6</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time(GMT-08:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM><OEMID>HPQOEM</OEMID><OEMTableID>SLIC-WKS</OEMTableID></OEM><GANotification/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/><Applications/></Office></Software></GenuineResults> Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002 Licensing Data--> Software licensing service version: 6.1.7601.17514 Name: Windows(R) 7, HomePremium edition Description: Windows Operating System - Windows(R) 7, OEM_SLP channel Activation ID: d2c04e90-c3dd-4260-b0f3-f845f5d27d64 Application ID: 55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f Extended PID: 00359-00178-926-800010-02-1033-7601.0000-1942012 Installation ID: 003816671423833281680333518253372913562181467804731365 [LINKS TAKEN OUT B/C I DONT HAVE ENOUGH POSTS] Partial Product Key: 3Q6C9 License Status: Licensed Remaining Windows rearm count: 4 Trusted time: 7/12/2012 10:57:58 PM Windows Activation Technologies--> HrOffline: 0x00000000 HrOnline: N/A HealthStatus: 0x0000000000000000 Event Time Stamp: N/A ActiveX: Not Registered - 0x80040154 Admin Service: Not Registered - 0x80040154 HealthStatus Bitmask Output: HWID Data--> HWID Hash Current: NAAAAAIABAABAAEAAAACAAAAAQABAAEAJJT+MlaKdxYgtR7ylpJWEIqlFJaCMuC2bl1+KA== OEM Activation 1.0 Data--> N/A OEM Activation 2.0 Data--> BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes Windows marker version: 0x20001 OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: yes BIOS Information: ACPI Table Name OEMID Value OEMTableID Value APIC HPQOEM SLIC-MPC FACP HPQOEM SLIC-MPC HPET HPQOEM SLIC-MPC BOOT HPQOEM SLIC-MPC MCFG HPQOEM SLIC-MPC SLIC HPQOEM SLIC-WKS SSDT HPQOEM SLIC-MP in the windows loader, i still have "preserve current boot code" checked, since i havent touched it... should i change that? if the way it works now is fine, im happy to keep it as it is. thanks again
Personally I'd encrypt the whole drive and use the default loader settings in your case. It should work.