Any suggestions for an open source Windows 10 disk encryption app

[Melbourne Guy]

TL;DR

I've an old Windows 10 PC that does not support BitLocker so I am looking for a robust, open source disk encryptor

The summary says it all, really, but in addition, I've done a lot of googling and am finding it hard to identify trustworthy options.

LibreCrypt, DiskCryptor and VeraCrypt are candidates, but I have not used any of these tools so am wary of jumping in and finding that I have bricked my PC.

 

[jedishrfu]

What about file compression with encryption like zip tools? 7zip comes to mind.

https://www.7-zip.org/

 

[Melbourne Guy]

What about file compression with encryption like zip tools? 7zip comes to mind.

I didn't know that 7-Zip could do an entire disk volume, @jedishrfu, I'll check it out, thanks.

 

[jedishrfu]

No 7-zip can encrypt collections of files into a single zip archive file not the whole volume unless you selected all those files and of course, you'd need free disk space commensurate with the size of the source files and then some.

Also remember SSDs shouldn't be fully loaded more than 80% lest you impact their lifetime. The OS tries to spread write operations around the SSD as files are written to use all parts equally since hammering the same disk cells will lead to disk failure after 10,000 to 35,000 writes or so depending on the technology used.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchst...SSD that stores two,write cycles with 3D NAND.

https://www.ontrack.com/en-us/blog/how-long-do-ssds-really-last