"you must format the disk "
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What format did you chose when creating the volume? FAT? NTFS?
I suspect that you didn't chose anything.
I think I chose nothing and accepted default
In this case, it is normal that Windows prompt you to format it (basically, you still didn't copy anything to it).
So, just format it (format VeraCrypt volume not the disk) and then copy your data to it.
I'm closing this ticket since it is not an issue. Next time, choose NTFS or FAT to avoid this message.
It seems to me that this issue should be re-opened. For , unless I miss something, is the current situation really the following? Unless one alters the default options, one needs to format a volume - or, as one would naturally say, data - that one has encrypted? That seems very wrong. At the least, it will throw a lot of people. Certainly it has thrown me.
By default, VeraCrypt creates a volume that is formated using FAT32 so it should be usable right away and Windows should not throw the mentioned error.
Can you please give details about your configuration and the type of volume you are creating (file container or disk)?
I was encrypting a primary NTFS partition on a disk that contained, only, two primary NTFS partitions; so, I think that counts as creating a 'disk' partition. The computer in question is a desktop Windows 8.1 PC.
However, even once I got the partition working - got it encrypted - two things made me undo the encryption: (1) I could not use the original drive letter for the partition, (2) I could not get Veracrypt to decrypt the partition via Windows login (but instead had to enter a separate, VeraCrypt password). Those things are deal-breakers for me (at least given that I have programs that run on login that need to be able to access the encrypted volume immediately). Thus, and given that I've spent a lot of time on this already, I am afraid that I am unwilling to help to investigate this any further.