Veracrypt couldn't be installed on Windows 11 in a VM

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Veracrypt couldn't be installed on Windows 11 in a VM

Forum: Technical Topics

Creator: Niklas Doug

Created: 2024-12-19

Updated: 2024-12-26

Niklas Doug - 2024-12-19

Hello,

I have a Windows 11 VM and want to encrypt the system drive. First I click on 'Create Volume' and then I choose the third option 'Encrypt the system partition or entire system drive" Then I got this Error Message. See the File attached. Can anyone help me please?

Thank You and Greetings!

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Enigma2Illusion - 2024-12-19

Which version of Windows 11 and VeraCrypt?

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Niklas Doug - 2024-12-25

Win 11 Pro Arm and Veracrypt 1.26.15.

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Mounir IDRASSI - 2024-12-25

Currently, system encryption is disabled on Windows ARM due to technical challenges with the bootloader and limited access to a Windows ARM64 machine.

I previously owned an ARM64 laptop but it developed an irreparable battery issue. As a result, I no longer have a physical ARM64 device and conduct my ARM64 testing on a cloud VM which, understandably, does not support system encryption.

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- Niklas Doug - 2024-12-26
  
  So you say that is not possible to use veracrypt on an arm64 Windows 11? But in the Changelog is it as a feature listed. I think the problem is about TPM. This is the output:
  of the command manage-bde -status C:
  
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Mounir IDRASSI - 2024-12-26

@hide01: I only mentioned system encryption. For other types of volumes (like file containers or encrypting non-system disks), VeraCrypt works correctly on Windows ARM64.

In the VeraCrypt changelog entry related to ARM64, you can read the following:

Add support for Windows on ARM64 (e.g., Microsoft Surface Pro X), but system encryption not yet supported.

So, ARM64 is supported except for system encryption.

Regarding the output you shared, it indicates that Windows is already encrypted using BitLocker, likely without a password and just relying on TPM. Even if system encryption were supported, VeraCrypt would refuse to encrypt Windows because combining BitLocker encryption with VeraCrypt encryption can create issues that are difficult to resolve for non-technical users.

Anyway, for now, VeraCrypt can only encrypt non-system volumes on Windows ARM64.

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Niklas Doug - 2024-12-26

Okay I am wrong, sorry. I want a system encryption, but I not read compleatly.

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