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authorMounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr>2015-02-13 14:40:22 +0100
committerMounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr>2015-02-13 16:18:00 +0100
commit544c55debc4d1a99588de099ae2eede3d8f24585 (patch)
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parent2b826843de54ee8db8d514a1f118904cd6128bfe (diff)
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Linux: Perform a quick NTFS formatting by adding the "-f" switch to mkfs.ntfs. Without this, the creation of big NTFS volumes takes ages. The code already takes care of the empty sectors by encrypting them with different key to randomize plaintext.
-rw-r--r--src/Main/Forms/VolumeCreationWizard.cpp4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Main/Forms/VolumeCreationWizard.cpp b/src/Main/Forms/VolumeCreationWizard.cpp
index bff459a1..214c041d 100644
--- a/src/Main/Forms/VolumeCreationWizard.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/Forms/VolumeCreationWizard.cpp
@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
if (SelectedFilesystemType == VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::MacOsExt && VolumeSize >= 10 * BYTES_PER_MB)
args.push_back ("-J");
+
+ // Perform a quick NTFS formatting
+ if (SelectedFilesystemType == VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS)
+ args.push_back ("-f");
args.push_back (string (virtualDevice));