t7381 - 2020-02-10

Hello fellow Veracrypt users,

I finished setting up and encrypting both my laptop and desktop using GPT on UEFI mode. Everything worked fine, no errors, the pretests were sucessful, and so was the encryption process. For some time after all of this was done I found something odd. For both of my machines there are two boot options to choose from, the Veracrypt Bootloader and the Windows Boot Manager. Both of them display the password prompt and they accept my password which is good.

So here are the two weird things I've seen so far.

I understand that Veracrypt will automatically add the Veracrypt Bootloader and will change the boot order for you.

For my Lenovo laptop the boot order is as follows:

Veracrypt Bootloader (DcsBoot) (TOSHIBA)
Windows Boot Manager (TOSHIBA)

On my Alienware desktop however it's as follows:

Windows Boot Manager 
Veracrypt Bootloader (DcsBoot)

Weird right?

Lastly the second odd thing. What's displayed on the Password Prompt Screen is different for both machines. For my laptop when it automatically selects the Veracrypt Bootloader upon restart or shutdown it shows the password prompt with the Lenovo Logo in the background however if I select the Windows Boot Manager option instead it shows a black background while still asking me for my password. As for my Desktop when it selects the Windows Boot Manager option it shows the Alienware Logo in the background with the prompt however when I choose the Veracrypt Bootloader it shows the password prompt on a black background in a very low resolution.

So my questions are:

  • Why did Veracrypt change the boot order on my Laptop but not my Desktop?
  • Should I make the Veracrypt Bootloader as the first option on my Desktop?
  • Why are the Password prompt screens different when choosing the different boot entries?

Again they both ask for my password and accept it so nothings wrong there. They both also have Veracrypt run on startup and Veracrypt says that the C drive is 100% encrypted. I just find it really odd that it does all of this. It's funny how I haven't noticed this right away.

Thank you!

 

Last edit: t7381 2020-02-10