Indexing won't recognize encrypted drive

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Indexing won't recognize encrypted drive

Forum: Technical Topics

Creator: kltpzyxmrm

Created: 2023-09-15

Updated: 2023-09-16

kltpzyxmrm - 2023-09-15

I have this enabled. The partition is mounted.

https://i.postimg.cc/3JdWS0Xm/iindex.png

But it doesn't appear in my Indexing Options

https://i.postimg.cc/wMd8hPQw/iindex2.png

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Enigma2Illusion - 2023-09-15

Windows indexing your encrypted non-system volumes is creating a data leak unless you are using system encryption.

https://www.aon.com/cyber-solutions/aon_cyber_labs/windows-search-index-the-forensic-artifact-youve-been-searching-for/

If you want Windows to index the VeraCrypt volume, after you mount the VeraCrypt volume, restart the Windows index service.

https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/features/thread/c6b7ef2586/?limit=25#3dbd

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kltpzyxmrm - 2023-09-16

Thanks for responding. I'm curious about something. I tried to remedy this in the past..

When I enable this setting,

https://i.postimg.cc/3JdWS0Xm/iindex.png

Afterwards, N:\, my encrypted partition, it appeared in my indexed locations

https://i.postimg.cc/0Qdbq4xh/indexing-encr2.png

Last edit: kltpzyxmrm 2023-09-16

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