Ever since I mount without that option checked, I have never had problems. I always mounted with the backup header option checked. I have had several incident of bad headers and that was when I first learned how to use TrueCrypt. I don't care much for rescue disk because I have images of my OS. I absolutely agree! Everytime I create a new volume or change password, keyfiles, or PIM, I create a new backup header file. "In my opinion, it is best practice to make an external header backup for each encrypted non-system volume and update the rescue disk anytime you upgrade VeraCrypt." It rather a error in the Partition table, that only a Tool like TestCrypt can overcome, if it would be able to understand VeraCrypt encryption. It is not a question of Admin Privileges. COnsequently also testCrypt reports that it didn't find a decryptable Partition. If I run TestCrypt on this VeraCrypt encrypted Partition, it does not find a Partition, because it does not understand the VeraCrypt encryption, as it is different from TrueCrypt. TestCrypt however takes the Password and scans the Disk Sector By Sector, until it finds a section of the Disk it is able to decrypt with the provided Password and only then finds the remainder of the Partition. Initially also testCrypt can't find the Partition right away. I just gave an example that I was in my current Situation before on a Partition that was encrypted with TrueCrypt and I was able to find the Partition by using TestCrypt. TestCrypt is not finding this particular Partition!!! TestCrypt would however find this Partition, if it was a TrueCrypt Partition. I am logged in as Admin and VeraCrypt is running with Admin Privileges. The existence of TestCrypt alone shows that there is a need for such a tool also for VeraCrypt. I and many others who are in the same situation or who will be in this situation in the future will be very thankful. If you are able to port TestCrypt for VeraCrypt, then please do so. Whatever testCrypt does, it is the solution for situations like these, when the encrypted partition is not found anymore. ![]() Therefore a tool like TestCrypt schould be available for VeraCrypt as well. With veraCrypt, I don't know how to proceede. In such situations TestCrypt came in handy, when this happened on a TrueCrypt encrypted Partition. The procedures that you describe can not be performed because in the current situation the Partition is not found. Normally the encrypted partition would be shown as "RAW" and have a drive letter. The windows disk manager shows the Space of this partition as "Unallocated" and asks me to create a simple Partition and assign a drive letter, which I have not done so far in order to avoid any further damages. I therefore can not perform any actions on the drive at all, as it does not have a Drive letter, and also just writing for example "\Device\Harddisk1\Partition3" in the path does also not work. ![]() The problem is that the partition is not selectable inside VeraCrypt or Windows at all. The header is not a problem, because I have a backup of it.
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