USB-Drive-Encryption Preparation with VeraCrypt

This script will help you prepare a USB-Drive to store your encrypted data.
It will remove all existing filesystems and partitions (no data override!) and

(for VeraCrypt-Partitions)

• create a small FAT32 partition containing VeraCrypt installer for Windows, Linux and Mac (with a little set of instructions)
• create an empty partition with the remaining disk space
  • select this partition in VeraCrypt to use as encrypted one

OR (for VeraCrypt-Container)

• create an exFAT partition containing the same installers and another set of instructions
  • store the VeraCrypt-Container on this partition

Linux

Software that should be installed

• bash
• sudo
• VeraCrypt
• fdisk
• mkfs.vfat
• mkfs.exfat
• unzip

How-To Use

• download all necessary VeraCrypt installers and their dependencies
• replace the placeholder-zip (export/VeraCrypt-1.24-Installer.zip) with an archive containing the installers
• make the SH-File executable
• (optional) create an DESKTOP-File as shortcut to the SH-File
• plug in a USB-Drive
• run the script and follow the instructions

Windows

How-To Use

• download all necessary VeraCrypt installers and their dependencies
• replace the placeholder-zip (export/VeraCrypt-1.24-Installer.zip) with an archive containing the installers
• (optional) create an link for the file
• plug in a USB-Drive
• execute the PS1-File and follow the instructions

License

This scripts and READMEs are published under GNU GPL v3!
VeraCrypt (https://www.veracrypt.fr) belongs to IDRIX (https://www.idrix.fr) with its own licence.