Hashcat for Dummies?

[adam_weiler]

I've looked through the wiki and other forum posts, and I genuinely don't understand how to use this program. Is there a step-by-step explanation of how to use it? Like a very, very basic tutorial explaining how to do it?

My problem: For some reason I encrypted files on my old external harddrive with Truecrypt and have forgotten the password. I've tried the ones I normally use and it isn't working. Unless Truecrypt forced me to use special characters or capitals, I would have used a lowercase word and maybe added a number at the end. I can't see it being more than 10 characters. How can I use Hashcat to break this password?

[Kgx Pnqvhm]

Some type of documentation on that level would be nice. Earlier on, there were blogs that taught the basics.

The program changes so much with each update, I practically have to re-learn it to do what I've already been doing.

After viewing the wiki, the forums have to be scoured for nuggets of useful information.