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‎12-03-2017 11:40 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

This is not a question, but a how to. I solved this today when wanting to encrypt my drive. If you are a user of the software VeraCrypt and have been unable to successfully pass the test to encrypt here is how I did it.

(There are built in tools, however with VeraCrypt so close to TrueCrypt I can create dummy/hidden drives)

 

BIOS: First when using Windows 10 you will want to change the boot from UEFI  to Legacy  by simple going to Legacy and changing disable to enable. You will get a warning saying that you may be unable to boot into the OS just confirm, don't worry this will automatically change the network settings to not use UEFI. (I also disabled TPM) save and exit from the BIOS by press f10.

 

Boot into Windows 10 normally run VeraCrypt go through the system encryption as normal. After the system is restarting for the test, if you do not press anything you will see the HP logo splash screen. If you do you have gone too far. Hard boot the computer.

 

Upon the startup press the Esc key. This will bring you to the start menu, press F9 for the boot options. (yes this is different than what is in the BIOS)

 

Select "Boot from EFI File"

 

Under File Explorer select the second NO VOLUME LABEL, [PicRoot] (The first one is for the VS recovery disk.)

Select <VeraCrypt> directory under <Microsoft> finally select DcsBoot.efi  and this will allow you complete your test to encrypt the drive.

 

As I was having issues with this because VeraCrypt does not like UEFI and I had so many issues with this. I decided to create this post to help others that had a similar issue. As of right now I am using a 30 character password and a four digit PIM so the encryption is going to take >10 hours. Any issues I will edit this post.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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