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Questions tagged [veracrypt]

For questions about the VeraCrypt open-source encryption utility. VeraCrypt can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file or encrypt a partition or storage device.

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How resilient are VeraCrypt and LUKS encrypted volumes against data corruption?

The question has been partly answered, but that's still not what I'm exactly looking for. See for Update 1 down bere I'm planning to encrypt some filesystems with VeraCrypt and LUKS, but my fears are that if a single problem happens, I would not be…
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Can VeraCrypt open an old TrueCrypt container?

I have a TrueCrypt container that was made some time in 2013. It's exactly 25MB and named secret.tc. I installed VeraCrypt 1.19 in macOS Sierra, but cannot seem to mount the container. The error in the VeraCrypt GUI is: Operation failed due to one…
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VeraCrypt: exFAT or NTFS

If you were creating a VeraCrypt container on an external spinning hard disk drive that will only be used in Windows would you format it as exFAT or NTFS? I'm looking for all the pros and cons for each file format.
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How can mounting a VeraCrypt drive be done without root in Linux?

I used TrueCrypt for a long time in Kubuntu, in which I used a keyboard shortcut to automatically mount a drive. Nowadays I use VeraCrypt, but I am always prompted for my sudo password after entering the password for the encrypted drive. This was…
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How to force a cloud storage service to synchronise an encrypted file?

I made a Veracrypt file in my OneDrive / Dropbox folders. I then mounted the file in Veracrypt and added some financial records to the volume and unmounted it. Even though the contents of the encrypted volume had changed, the file itself had the…
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Veracrypt - permanently decrypt a working system drive from another computer and discard the bootloader?

I have an encrypted system disk pulled from a dead PC. I do not have the rescue disk / ISO from when I encrypted the disk. I do have the (working) password The disk is fully functioning (i.e. not corrupt or broken) I can plug the disk in to a USB…
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Veracrypt full disk encryption multi-boot Windows 10 and two Linux Distro on same SSD with some shared folders?

Never tried something like that, but this would be my preferred setup. I dislike VMWare and Virtual Box because they are slow. Is this setup possible? And what would be the procedure to achieve this roughly?
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How would I encrypt my whole Linux filesystem with Veracrypt?

I'm running Kali Dojo 2.0 and I'd like to encrypt the entire drive. I've encrypted my Windows 7 Home Premium drive with Veracrypt, and it was a simple setup and I'd like to do something similar on this drive. On that drive, everything was…
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what is quick formatting in veracrypt?

In veracrypt, I'm going through all the options and attempting to understand them, and I have come to something called "quick formatting". In the volume creation wizard there is an option for "quick formatting". What is "quick formatting" and what…
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Is data accessible when logged out on an encrypted Windows 11 system?

I want my publicly accessible office Windows 11 notebook as secure as possible. So I decided to want to encrypt the system - either with BitLocker or VeraCrypt's System Encryption. I know it would be secure if the notebook is shut down. But I don't…
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How to reconstruct a lost VeraCrypt keyfile?

Due to data loss, I have lost some keyfiles to access some fully encrypted drives. As always there is very important data on the drives and information I better not lose. The drives have been encrypted using only keyfiles, no additional passwords or…
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Veracrypt encrypted file - how to expand the Volume

If you have created an encrypted file but the volume which you selected for it needs expansion, is it from security standpoint fine to just use the available option "expand volume" to adjust the file's volume? Or is it for some reason better to…
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Expanding inner Veracrypt volume (FAT)

Having a Veracrypt container with 6GB, I need to extend its size to 8GB. I used the volume expander of VC successfully. But it expands only the VC volume itself (= file size changed from 6 to 8GB) and not the inner filesystem (FAT in my case). The…
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How to create a VeraCrypt rescue disk from "VeraCrypt Rescue Disk.zip"?

So I got a "VeraCrypt Rescue Disk.zip" file with an "EFI" folder in it and would like to create a rescue disk from it. Meaning I'd like to create a bootable CD or DVD, not an USB stick. Is this possible? Or do I have to create a bootable USB stick…
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Windows 10 upgrade while encrypted with VeraCrypt

I want to upgrade to Windows 10 but I don't want to decrypt my system partition because it takes 21 hours.. Is it possible to upgrade without decrypting?
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