Request for a menu item to remove embedded header backups.
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I would like to request a feature to remove or create headerless volumes where the header is external only.
this would render the drive data useless without the external header. I am attempting to de-header my drive myself but do not know the correct byte offset to edit to remove the embedded backup.
If you make completely random keyfile, which is very easy to accomplish, and keep it in safe place, you should have virtually the same level of protection (ie rendering the data useless) as if you remove the headers.
If you make 256bit long truly random password, you will achieve the same, but memorizing it is not really possible, so you have to write it down or in a file, which is the same as having a keyfile.
A keyfile, that's a good idea. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I must be getting old, I tend to try to do things the hard way these days haha. Thanks Alex.
You are more than welcome :)
Be careful however - getting old means forgetting passwords and forgetting where the keyfile is stored. I m speaking from experience :)