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Tony - 2022-11-03

A couple days ago, I tried to mount a flash drive on my Windows 8 laptop. I received an error message saying that the header was damaged but that the back up header was used to mount the drive, and that I should replace the header with the back up header, which I did. However, when I tried to mount the drive again I got a Windows error message saying that the drive is using RAW and must be formatted. I also tried to run CHKDSK and got an error message stating that the drive could not be checked because the format is RAW.

The next night, I tried to mount that drive and a completely separate flash drive on my Windows 7 Pro desktop and neither drive would mount. Again, the RAW error. I’m not sure why even one flash drive would have this issue, let alone 2 that are completely unrelated. What can I do to try and get these drives mounted?

Thank you

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Tony - 2022-11-08

Could someone please review this? There has to be something I can try. Thank You Very Much!

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Tony - 2022-11-18

PS: I now have a 3rd drive which will not mount. I'm getting a password or PIM error, but it's the same password and PIM I always use for this type of file.

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Tony - 2022-11-23

The initial drive that failed to mount previously mounted tonight. It is displaying the algorithym correctly. But, when I tried to access it, I recieved "The volume does not contain a recognizible file system."

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Tony - 2022-12-12

I’ve been continuing to try to get help on this issue, someone in another forum suggested the following:

"Can you screenshot first sector of the drive here using DMDE. Just run DMDE, select the drive, tick advanced > drag hex view so it's fully visible, like so: https://imgur.com/wWrdLcj"

Is there any security risk in publicly posting that information?

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Tony - 2023-03-08

THIS REQUEST FOR HELP IS OVER 4 MONTHS OLD. Can I PLEASE get some assistance with it? This flash drive now mounts and displays the correct encryption algorithym. But the file format is RAW so i cannot access any files. Should i try to find the back up header and paste it over the current header? Is there a program i can use to try to recover the files?

This drive represents a mini backup of critical files from another drive that failed. I did everything right, I made a back up, and I’m still screwed. Please help

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Enigma2Illusion - 2023-03-09

With the file container dismounted, make a backup copy of the original file container. Perform the recovery procedures using the backup copy to allow you to make many attempts without additional damage to the original file container or to start again with another backup file container.

Mount the backup VeraCrypt file container volume.

Users on the forum have had good results with paid edition of EaseUS Data Recovery and R-Studio in read only mode on the mounted volume in order to recover as much data as possible without altering the volume. Other data recovery software are GetDataBack, File Scavenger, Photorec and TestDisk.

Use filesystem repair tools (which write to disk) such as TestDisk, chkdsk etc. to try to repair the volume's broken filesystem on the hopes of recovering more data.

When you've recovered all that you can, create a new file container and copy your recovered data back into the new volume.
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- PinkBL - 2023-03-15
  
  E2I, thank you for getting back to me!
  
  I apologize for the delay, I've been having health problems.
  
  "1. With the file container dismounted, make a backup copy of the original
  file container. Perform the recovery procedures using the backup copy to
  allow you to make many attempts without additional damage to the original
  file container or to start again with another backup file container."
  
  The dismounted container is reporting RAW format, what should I use to make
  the backup(s)? Thank you
  
  On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 9:56 PM Enigma2Illusion enigma2illusion@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
  
  With the file container dismounted, make a backup copy of the
  original file container. Perform the recovery procedures using the backup
  copy to allow you to make many attempts without additional damage to the
  original file container or to start again with another backup file
  container.
  
  Mount the backup VeraCrypt file container volume.
  
  Users on the forum have had good results with paid edition of
  EaseUS Data Recovery and R-Studio in read only mode on the mounted volume
  in order to recover as much data as possible without altering the volume.
  Other data recovery software are GetDataBack, File Scavenger, Photorec and
  TestDisk.
  
  Use filesystem repair tools (which write to disk) such as TestDisk,
  chkdsk etc. to try to repair the volume's broken filesystem on the hopes of
  recovering more data.
  
  When you've recovered all that you can, create a new file container
  and copy your recovered data back into the new volume.
  
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  - PinkBL - 2023-04-04
    
    TRYING AGAIN - OLD ISSUE - Help desperately needed
    
    Enigma2Illusion wrote:
    
    With the file container dismounted, make a backup copy of the
    original file container. Perform the recovery procedures using the backup
    copy to allow you to make many attempts without additional damage to the
    original file container or to start again with another backup file
    container.....
    
    It's not an encrypted file container, it's an encrypted device (a USB
    Drive), if that matters.
    
    Windows reported the file system as "RAW". So obviously no Windows tools
    will work. How do I back up the device?
    
    Thank You
    
    On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 2:02 AM PinkBL aarrgghhh@users.sourceforge.net
    wrote:
    
    E2I, thank you for getting back to me!
    
    I apologize for the delay, I've been having health problems.
    
    "1. With the file container dismounted, make a backup copy of the original
    file container. Perform the recovery procedures using the backup copy to
    allow you to make many attempts without additional damage to the original
    file container or to start again with another backup file container."
    
    The dismounted container is reporting RAW format, what should I use to make
    the backup(s)? Thank you
    
    On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 9:56 PM Enigma2Illusion
    enigma2illusion@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
    
    With the file container dismounted, make a backup copy of the
    original file container. Perform the recovery procedures using the
    backup
    copy to allow you to make many attempts without additional damage to
    the
    original file container or to start again with another backup file
    container.
    
    Mount the backup VeraCrypt file container volume.
    
    Users on the forum have had good results with paid edition of
    EaseUS Data Recovery and R-Studio in read only mode on the mounted
    volume
    in order to recover as much data as possible without altering the
    volume.
    Other data recovery software are GetDataBack, File Scavenger, Photorec
    and
    TestDisk.
    
    Use filesystem repair tools (which write to disk) such as TestDisk,
    chkdsk etc. to try to repair the volume's broken filesystem on the
    hopes of
    recovering more data.
    
    When you've recovered all that you can, create a new file container
    and copy your recovered data back into the new volume.
    
    Sudden failure to mount in 2 flash drives
    
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    - RealTehreal - 2023-04-04
      
      You could use a backup software which offers sector by sector backup method.
      
      Greets
      
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      - Tony - 2023-04-04
        
        Thank you for the reply. Do you know of a software that uses sector by
        sector?
        
        On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 5:13 AM RealTehreal realtehreal@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
        
        You could use a backup software which offers sector by sector backup
        method.
        
        Greets
        
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        RealTehreal - 2023-04-05
        
        As I'm a Linux guy, I'd use dd. But this won't help you with Windows. You will have to look this up on your own. But I assume that any modern backup software should support this feature.
        
        Greets
        
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        Tony - 2023-04-06
        
        Thanks for the advice.
        
        On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 1:55 AM RealTehreal realtehreal@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
        
        As I'm a Linux guy, I'd use dd. But this won't help you with Windows. You
        will have to look this up on your own. But I assume that any modern backup
        software should support this feature.
        
        Greets
        
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soyutrox - 2023-04-07

I would suggest using DMDE ( webpage ) for a sector copy. You can also search in IMG files of disks, also when the file system is damaged (raw search). Probably you'll be able to recover some of the data.

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