system favorite volumes not working on Windows 8
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#207 system favorite volumes not working on Windows 8
I am using veracrypt 1.22.
I have an external harddrive drive which is fully encrypted (not just a single partition).
The drive has been added to system favorite volumes, however it does not work. After reboot drive is not mounted.
What i have checked / tried so far :
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It's not a password issue (eg : en-US keyboard vs other keyboards) : password on system and is same as external drive and PIM is correct.
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drive letter is available (I have tried other letters to be sure)
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"start veracrypt background task" and "Mount system favorite volumes when Windows starts" options are enabled. I have also tried to enable "allow only administrators to view and dismount system favorite volumes in VeraCrypt" option, without success.
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diskpart : automount is enabled
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"Hybrid boot and shutdown" option has been disabled (it was on) : doesn't fix the issue
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In windows event viewer, the following is written :
VeraCryptSystemFavorites: cannot mount volume \Device\Hardisk1\Partition0
(which indicate the service is working). But there is no detail about why it fails. -
I have tried to plug the exact same external drive on a Windows 7 machine.
I changed the system password of that windows 7 machine to match the external drive password : it works ! (drive is mounted after boot)
So its definitely a windows 8 issue. -
For test purposes, I have created a small file container on that windows 8 machine. File container has been encrypted using same password as system and has been added to system favorite volumes : it works perfectly ! (it was mounted after reboot). So problem occurs only with external harddrive and on windows 8.
Have you disabled Fast Startup? Fast Startup exists in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10.
In Windows, turn-off Fast Startup.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4189-turn-off-fast-startup-windows-10-a.html
Then Reboot PC so the changes take effect.
As explained in the ticket I have disabled "Hybrid boot and shutdown mode" which is just the same thing. Under Windows 8, the checkbox option is named "Turn on fast startup (recommanded)".