Hi.
Have some problems with loggin to hidden system - everything working great few day ago but yesterday i try to enter hidden system and preboot say incorect password... im sure password is correct. decoy system (not hidden) password works and system starts.
How can i logg to hidden system ? Ask for future becouse i wipe whole drive and encrypt it again with another hidden system on it. Just want to know if my hidden system password broke again can i recover it by recover image created on decoy system ?? Thanks.
Best regards.
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Many thanks Alex for your help.
But must ask one more question;
Today im gonna save first sectors of hidden system volume - but dont know how i can write that sectors if got "invalid password" information. Should i log in to non hidden encrypted system and then write that saved hidden volume sectors? To non hidden volume ?
Dont get me wrong but dont understaind how can i write that saved hidden volume sectors to hidden volume without acces to hidden volume...
Regards.
Edit : Just successful make file image of first 256 sectors of hidden volume with Winhex (thanks again Alex) Now need instructions how eventually write this sectors if my hidden volume password broke again...
B. rgrds
Last edit: monkey85 2016-11-28
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Hi.
Have some problems with loggin to hidden system - everything working great few day ago but yesterday i try to enter hidden system and preboot say incorect password... im sure password is correct. decoy system (not hidden) password works and system starts.
How can i logg to hidden system ? Ask for future becouse i wipe whole drive and encrypt it again with another hidden system on it. Just want to know if my hidden system password broke again can i recover it by recover image created on decoy system ?? Thanks.
Best regards.
You can save 256 sectors of hidden volume to save header with keys. (e.g. via dd tool)
Thank you for reply.
Can you say something more about this dd tool and saving header my hidden volume?
Thanks.
edit: how later i recover header with key when my password broke again ?
Last edit: monkey85 2016-11-27
To save:
To restore: just write the data to original sectors
to find volume from admin cmd
note: dd is not the only tool. You can use any disk editor tool. e.g. GUI winhex
Many thanks Alex for your help.
But must ask one more question;
Today im gonna save first sectors of hidden system volume - but dont know how i can write that sectors if got "invalid password" information. Should i log in to non hidden encrypted system and then write that saved hidden volume sectors? To non hidden volume ?
Dont get me wrong but dont understaind how can i write that saved hidden volume sectors to hidden volume without acces to hidden volume...
Regards.
Edit : Just successful make file image of first 256 sectors of hidden volume with Winhex (thanks again Alex) Now need instructions how eventually write this sectors if my hidden volume password broke again...
B. rgrds
Last edit: monkey85 2016-11-28
Try to experiment. I will try to explain how VeraCrypt works.
By the way, do you open the drive as disk and save sectors of hidden partition? It has to contain random data (no NTFS mark)
One of scenario for WinHex to restore:
Open the saved file. Select all. Copy it into clipboard. Write to offset 0 of the partition.