WIndows 10 issue, please help
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Hello,
I've used Vera Crypt in the past, it has always perefectly worked for me but now I'm stucked with a serious problem.
I had a Windows 10 computer I wanted to encrypt with VC last version (1.23)
I chose system encryption, made a rescue disk then VC restarted my computer.
But when my computer rebooted (to encrypt if I'm not wrong) it was stuck on a bitlocker screen asking to enter my BL key, I never had activated BL and I didn't have a copy of the BL rescue key (nor do I have a Microsoft account) but anyway, I tried to reboot and then I had the VC prompt
however each time I entered the VC password I was stuck with the BL screen afterwards so I rebooted on VC rescue disk to try to uninstall VC
I chose restore os header, then decrypt full system : this took a while but now it's worse :
when I boot on my windows : I have a VC prompt, I enter the password and then my Windows try to start in repair mode (as if the system is not fine/encrypted or broken). Windows recovery seems broken : I can' repair, I can't reinstall.
when I try to boot on the rescue disk : the same password never work so I can't do any rescue operation.
what can I try? Please help
when I boot and go to repair mode if I open a windows cmd from the troobleshoot boot menu and type "list volume"
I have:
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status
Volume 0 C RAW Partition 475g Healthy
Volume 1 E Recovery NTFS Partition 800MB Healthy
Volume 2 System FAT32 Partition 260MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 3 D FAT32 Removable 29GB Healthy
Volume 0 is in raw => does that mean it is still encrypted? How can I decrypt it whereas my password isn't accepted when I boot the rescue disk (it is when I boot on the computer)
Are there any verification during decryptionnon BC rescue disk? When you select "decryt the OS" does it check if the OS is encrypted before doing anything?
Because I have the feeling it got decrypted when I tried to fix (it took a while, made the whole disk with a % progression) whereas it hadn't been encrypted in the first place ( because of the BL thing I never managed to boot and get till the encryption process)
is that situation possible?