Can Veracrypt take advantage of Samsung's Hardware Encryption?

[Ken M]

Hello,

I wanted to do a full disk encryption of my system drive which is a Samsung 850 evo. I'm not quite sure but after doing some research I now think that using Samsung's Hardware Encryption feature is the best way to do this. So I used this instruction which explains how to enable the hardware encryption. I already went through it and enabled it but the instruction also says:

What’s important to note here is that the drive alone does not encrypt the data – it needs to be done along with a software level encryption tool like BitLocker or TrueCrypt.

That's where I'm unsure. Unfortunately documentation for this feature is rare on the internet but what I found tells me that this hardware encryption feature maybe only works with Bitlocker. Even the Samsung Magician calls it "Encrypted Drive from Bitlocker". But I still have to ask:

Can Veracrypt utilize Samsung's hardware encryption or is it only reserved for Bitlocker?

[Alex]

Probably this is OPAL drive encryption. At present moment VeraCrypt does not control OPAL drives.

[Ken M]

Thanks for your reply. At least I have this activated now in case VeraCrypt can use it in future. That guide was a little bit misleading. Unfortunately the Samsung Magician Software hides it behind a little question mark that this feature is called "Encrypted Drive by Bitlocker" as mentioned in my original post and I only read that when I already reinstalled my system. I still had the hope that it still can be utilized by Veracrypt as the guide I used implied but that doesn't seem to be the case unfortunately.