svenk - 2019-01-11

Hi,

I created a Hyper-V machine hosting a Windows 10 LTSC evaluation installation. I attempt to encrypt the windows partition. I cannot encrypt the whole drive because it is GPT partitioned. During the process, I am asked to create a VeraCrypt rescue disk, which is in this case a ZIP archive that I am asked to copy to a USB stick.

There is no possibility to attach a USB stick to a Hyper-V machine as far as I know. The /noisocheck parameter does not help since I cannot skip this step either. Is there any way to encrypt a virtual machine on Hyper-V?

Also, I noticed a bug: as soon as I click "Next" in the volume creation wizard and the rescue ZIP is created, I cannot choose "Back" on the screen which asks me to create the USP stick. Since I also cannot verify the stick (as I cannot connect one), the only option is to cancel the whole process.

Edit: I just found out that the stick creation and verification can be skipped by checking the checkbox reading "Skip Rescue Disk Verification", which is truncated in German so that it is not clear that it has to be checked. So at least this is a bug here.

 

Last edit: svenk 2019-01-13