I had encrypted system partition, decided to reinstall windows by formatting c drive without previously decrypting and installing new one, the installation went through new windows is on c: however in disk management system partition is on my other drive/partiton, and my whole disk i guess is encrypted but i can't decrypt it. veracrypt says there is no encrypted system disk, in rescue disk as it tells me there is no bootable partition. Any solution here to decrypting my c: drive/partition? https://prnt.sc/SgSgtXDdv1Dh https://prnt.sc/5pdPI5ZxLYKS
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Hi Baztaip,
When making a fresh Windows installation, if you want the standard partition arrangement, the first major step in Windows setup is to delete all existing partitions on the target disk. It's not necessary to decrypt first, just delete all partitions so setup sees a fresh disk. I believe the option to delete partitions is on the same screen where you identify the disk where you want to install Windows. The setup program prefers a disk that is entirely unallocated space. If you don't delete existing partitions first, Windows setup concocts an arrangement that you may not like, such as you now have, in order to preserve what might be important data. My advice would be to start over.
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I had encrypted system partition, decided to reinstall windows by formatting c drive without previously decrypting and installing new one, the installation went through new windows is on c: however in disk management system partition is on my other drive/partiton, and my whole disk i guess is encrypted but i can't decrypt it. veracrypt says there is no encrypted system disk, in rescue disk as it tells me there is no bootable partition. Any solution here to decrypting my c: drive/partition?
https://prnt.sc/SgSgtXDdv1Dh
https://prnt.sc/5pdPI5ZxLYKS
Hi Baztaip,
When making a fresh Windows installation, if you want the standard partition arrangement, the first major step in Windows setup is to delete all existing partitions on the target disk. It's not necessary to decrypt first, just delete all partitions so setup sees a fresh disk. I believe the option to delete partitions is on the same screen where you identify the disk where you want to install Windows. The setup program prefers a disk that is entirely unallocated space. If you don't delete existing partitions first, Windows setup concocts an arrangement that you may not like, such as you now have, in order to preserve what might be important data. My advice would be to start over.
Okay thanks for input, will do that.