Operation failed due to one or more of the following: Incorrect password / Incorrect Volume PIM number / Incorrect PRF (hash) / Not a valid volume.

[Sophoklis Goumas]

Hello.

I'd like to report my misadventures with the use of Veracrypt.

I've got a new WD My PassPort 1TB drive.
Let's call it: /dev/sdv
Removed the partitioning it came with and created a new gpt table.
Created a new partition in it and left it unformatted.
Let's call it: /dev/sdv1

As I'm on debian testing/unstable I've downloaded and installed this:
veracrypt-1.24-Update7-Debian-10-amd64.deb via:
dpkg -i veracrypt-1.24-Update7-Debian-10-amd64.deb

Then I created a new VeraCrypt Volume by subsequently selecting:
Create a volume withing a partition/drive ->
Standard VeraCrypt volume ->
/dev/sdv1 ->
Encryption Algorithm: AES, Hash Algorithm: SHA-512
INPUT_VERACRYPT_VOLUME_PASSWORD ->
Filesystem: NTFS

Then I mounted the volume with success via the VeraCrypt GUI and then
unmounted it and did a complete system shutdown.

After restarting the system and proceeded to mount the volume with
success again and then began transfering files to it. Then I shutdown
my system again.

Today I tried mounting the volume again, through the same system with
NO SUCCESS, with a dialog box displaying the following message:

Operation failed due to one or more of the following:
- Incorrect password.
- Incorrect Volume PIM number.
- Incorrect PRF (has).
- Not a valid volume.

Panic ensued. But for now I've my drive aside before I do
any harm to any potential chance to recover those data.

Please advice - thanks in advance,
Sophoklis

[M. O.]

I don't know VC on Linux, just both separately. Do you mount VC volumes by hand only? Please check whether the drive is still accessible as /dev/sdv, that the partition table is still like you created it, and that no automatic mounting or configuration takes place. Check the system log.