Partition Lost, encrypted with VeraCrypt

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Partition Lost, encrypted with VeraCrypt

Forum: Technical Topics

Creator: Saleck

Created: 2016-12-10

Updated: 2016-12-10

Saleck - 2016-12-10

Hello,

I have a lot of important files on an external hard drive that was encrypted with VeraCrypt.

I came to use it yesterday to find that Windows can no longer open any partition on the drive after it has been decrypted with VeraCrypt.

When the drive is mounted, I can see that in the Disk Management, it wants me to "Initialize Disk". If I click Cancel, the partition where my files where located before is now completely gone and "Unallocated"

I've tried running a multiple of tools (WITHOUT commiting anything to the hard disk in question) but nothing is helping me find that partition that was once there. I NEED these files as they are undescribably important.

Can anyone possibly assist me with getting this partition back? I believe when VeraCrypt made the partition, it was exFAT. I'm 99% sure of this.

Thank you for any assistance.

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Saleck - 2016-12-10

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/truecrypt-missing-partition-table.336671/ <- This fixed the problem

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