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I have a volume that I have been troubleshooting for a couple of years now. It will mount, I see the volume with the correct storage size but it is in RAW format. I have tried every Windows "recovery software" but none is able to see the logical volume once mounted, though Windows Explorer can. I have read that Linux is a good route to go and has a good success rate.
I purchased a laptop and loaded Ubuntu. I installed Veracrypt for Ubuntu. I insert the USB into the new laptop and attempt to mount, but it consistently rejects the mount, although I enter the same password I use in Windows. I have made sure it is not in the Truecrypt format. Any advice or suggestions?
I am utilizing Windows 11 Pro and Veracrypt 1.25.9 on the PC. I am using Ubuntu 24.04.1 and Veracrypt 1.26.14 on the Linux laptop,
Is there no one out there with any advice at all?
The only advice I can provide is to check your VeraCrypt volumes that will not mount using 1.26.x are probably using one or more of the deprecated items.
https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Conversion_Guide_VeraCrypt_1.26_and_Later.html
Thank you very much! So glad you posted. That is exactly what it is. I will follow the procedures to convert the volume. I really appreciate your time.
Enigma2Illusion,
I checked everything and the Veracrypt volume was/is not in Truecrypt format or utilizing one or more of the deprecated items. It will mount in Windows but not in Ubuntu.
As a test, create a small file container on Windows using the same hash & encryption algorithms, filesystem format (NTFS, exFAT, etc), allow/disallow large files parameters that match the volume that fails to mount on Ubuntu.
Then see if the newly Windows created volume can be mounted successfully on Ubuntu.
Last edit: Enigma2Illusion 2024-12-28