Win10: NFTS Volume Creation - 'VeraCrypt failed to obtain Administrator privileges

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Win10: NFTS Volume Creation - 'VeraCrypt failed to obtain Administrator privileges

Forum: Technical Topics

Creator: Zac Hogan

Created: 2017-12-12

Updated: 2017-12-12

Zac Hogan - 2017-12-12

SOLVED
Updated from older version of VeraCrypt (1.9) to latest (2.1). Issue solved.

Hey guys,

I'm trying to create a new NFTS volume in Veracrypt (Windows 10, admin account), but when I try to format the volume in the Volume Creation Wizard I get 'VeraCrypt failed to obtain Administrator privileges'.

I know I could 'Run as Administrator', but this seems like a potentially risky move. I can also format the drive as FAT on creation, then reformat as NFTS using the Windows Format tool, but I'm unsure if this will mess anything up.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Last edit: Zac Hogan 2017-12-12

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