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@idrassi Apologies for the delayed feedback. The problem seems to be fixed for the most part. There's a significant improvement in terms of the frequency of hangs. I have only encountered a handful of hangs (roughly a week or more apart) since updating to the latest release containing the fix, which is a drastic reduction compared to the earlier versions. Thank you
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@idrassi Apologies for the delayed feedback. The problem seems to be fixed for the most part. There's a significant improvement in terms of the frequency of hangs. I have only encountered a handful of hangs (roughly a week or more apart) since updating to the latest release containing the fix, which is a drastic reduction compared to the earlier versions. Thank you again.
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It will only return 100% valid if you certify the Veracrypt certificate with yours prior to doing the signature check. You may have overlooked this because you said you are not familiar with gpg4win. Highlight the imported Veracrypt certificate > choose Certify from the Toolbar/Menu or right click the imported Veracrypt key: 5069A233D55A0EEB174A5FC3821ACD02680D16DE (in the Kleopatra window) > Certify.
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Firstly, it is always a prudent practice to keep a second copy of your container (or any other file that may matter to you) as a fallback. No grounds for second thoughts there even if there is an exception to every rule. You say your USB drive needs erasing to enable password protection. If that's the case why would you be in any doubt whatsoever of the need for a backup of the container? And, yes you will still have access to your backed up container once you move it back to your USB drive after...
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Yes, if the Veracrypt folder (Container ?) itself is not damaged, you should be able to decrypt (or did you mean Mount ?). You can also decrypt if you run VC in portable mode: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Portable%20Mode.html You have to be consistent with how you address VC Volumes: Containers, Partitions (System & Non-system), Volumes (System & Non-system), Folders, Files. You can't casually throw them around by calling it a folder only to switch to a file in the next sentence. Can throw off those...
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I linked you to the issue just to alert you to any potential for mishaps if they (MS) muck up somewhere during the deployment phase via Windows Update. Once the Revocations are in place (manually or via an update), your external installation Boot media/Backup Rescue Disks (across the board) will be rendered un-bootable from, with Secureboot enabled. You'd have to manually disable Secureboot until all your Boot media are updated with the modifications, to get back in. Ideally we'd want the updated...
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@kysvggbb You're running Windows 11 (so likely UEFI and Secureboot enabled). You'll very soon have to contend with this issue: KB5025885: How to manage the Windows Boot Manager revocations for Secure Boot changes associated with CVE-2023-24932 https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025885. And, there's no opt-out, it seems. More details here: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/additional-guidance-for-devices-using-secure-boot-to-address-cve-2023-24932.14761/
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Thank you Was late to find out they had a change of mind.
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I asked the same question to a search engine. It threw up an overwhelming number of choices. I'll leave you to do the reading and make your own decision. For e.g: https://www.lifewire.com/free-backup-software-tools-2617964 Personally, I'm familiar with the all too popular Macrium Reflect, Disk Genius and Clonezilla. Although Clonezilla is open source, it is as the name suggests a cloning tool which lacks the feature of differential backups. If you are armed with any of the Linux distros, cloning...
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@idrassi Thank you for your acknowledgement. Happy to have done my little bit. You guys (the unsung heroes) do the real deal. Like others, I also want to take this opportunity to thank you and others involved in the project for taking time and resources away from your personal lives in making our digital lives more secure. A big thanks also to the Bitdefender team for extending their support by going beyond the call of duty. @ehheh1000 You set the ball rolling. We could have gotten there quicker...
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@idrassi Thank you for your acknowledgement. Happy to have done my little bit. You guys (the unsung heroes) do the real deal. Like others, I also want to take this opportunity to thank you and others involved in the project for taking time and resources away from your personal lives in making our digital lives more secure. A big thanks also to the Bitdefender team for extending their support by going beyond the call of duty. @DDD You set the ball rolling. We could have gotten there quicker if you...
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@idrassi Thank you for your acknowledgement. Happy to have done my little bit. You guys (the unsung heroes) do the real deal. Like others, I also want to take this opportunity to thank you and others involved in the project for taking time and resources away from your personal lives in making our digital lives more secure. A big thanks also to the Bitdefender team for extending their support by going beyond the call of duty. @DDD , You set the ball rolling. We could have gotten there quicker if you...
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@Mounir IDRASSI, Thank you for your acknowledgement. Happy to have done my little bit. You guys (the unsung heroes) do the real deal. Like others, I also want to take this opportunity to thank you and others involved in the project for taking time and resources away from your personal lives in making our digital lives more secure. A big thanks also to the Bitdefender team for extending their support by going beyond the call of duty. @DDD, You set the ball rolling. We could have gotten there quicker...
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@enigma2illusion Virus Total gave an All clear: Zip file contents:
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Virus Total gave an All clear: Zip file contents:
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Virus Total gave an All clear: Zip file contents:
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Virus Total gave an All clear: Zip file contents:
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@enigma2illusion I just received an Analysis report from Bitdefender support pertaining to their internal testing of the issue. Can I share it here or does it need to happen via PMs? It contains a zip file and a PDF.
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I will only speak for myself. Since the day I disabled ATD (after identifying the culprit module by enabling/disabling all Bitdefender modules one at a time as suggested by BD support as part of troubleshooting), my device has been free of the issue. Whitelisting the sys files in Antivirus or Online Threat prevention is unnecessary because having them enabled does not trigger a freeze (in my case). With ATD enabled however, it's back to the old ways. So, for now I have it disabled. Their verdict:...
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You're right. Disabling ATD is the only go until they give us the ability to exempt system files. It's unlikely given how critical .sys files are to the stable functioning of a computer. It does allow me to add ATD exception for veracrypt.sys It's strange how some of you can whitelist Veracrypt.sys but no such luck for me.
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You're right. Disabling ATD is the only go until they give us the ability to exempt system files. It's unlikely given how critical .sys files are to the stable functioning of a computer. It does allow me to add ATD exception for veracrypt.sys It's strange how some of you can whitelist Veracrypt.sys but no such luck for me.
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In my opinion you should consider switching to third party Backup solutions and you should have little trouble backing up to a Veracrypt container. The built-in System Image Backup has long been deprecated in Microsoft's own words. Scroll down to System Image Backup (SIB) Solution here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features It's just that they don't notify us of that any time the Client is launched. Surprise! So unlike their unbridled enthusiasm for bombarding us...
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The only fix I can think of is to whitelist Veracrypt.sys/Pagefile.sys in your Antivirus Heuristics (They go under different names in different AVs) module. It's called Advance Threat Defense in Bitdefender, although the BD tech support did confirm via their internal testing the issue isn't specific to ATD. The other antivirus modules can also trigger one -- negative in my case. Not a single freeze upon disabling ATD. BD Support had to say this: *We were able to reproduce the situation internally,...
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The only fix I can think of is to whitelist Veracrypt.sys/Pagefile.sys in your Antivirus Heuristics (They go under different names in different AVs) module. It's called Advance Threat Defense in Bitdefender, although the BD tech support did confirm via their internal testing the issue isn't specific to ATD. The other antivirus modules can also trigger one -- negative in my case. Not a single freeze upon disabling ATD. BD Support had to say this: We were able to reproduce the situation internally,...
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Haha, I must have overlooked that. The OP knows the solution to his concerns and yet seems reluctant to upgrade. Anyway he's not being PUSHY anymore.
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The contents of the RAM are likely retained for anywhere from seconds to minutes, but are over written at next boot-up anyway. Either way, the fact that you're running Ver:1.23, means your Keys are held in RAM in an unencrypted state while you use your machine leaving it exposed to this specific attack channel, either online (the odds are remote) or by a threat actor having physical access to your device with enough motive -- which is to say you are no more/less protected irrespective of whether...
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@enigma2illusion You're right about upgrading to the latest stable version :) The OP is currently staying put on 1.23. He must have a specific reason for doing so. My suggestion was to at least update to 1.24 because it is the version which addresses his paranoia, even if a little misguided. As for moving to the latest version, that's entirely their call.
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Don't you think you're being a bit overly paranoid. If you're hell bent on knowing how long the contents of RAM hang about after an abrupt shutdown, you should consider approaching the RAM manufactures themselves or Forensic experts (as Enigma2illusion said) who deal in such matters. Little to do with Veracrypt or any other Encryption utilities. Software level intervention can only happen within their work capabilities. Since you Windows partition is encrypted it shouldn't be possible for anyone...
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Don't you think you're being a bit overly paranoid. If you're hell bent on knowing how long the contents of RAM hang about after an abrupt shutdown, you should consider approaching the RAM manufactures themselves or Forensic experts (as Enigmaillusion said) who deal in such matters. Little to do with Veracrypt or any other Encryption utilities. Software level intervention can only happen within their work capabilities. Since you Windows partition is encrypted it shouldn't be possible for anyone to...
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The contents of the RAM are likely retained for anywhere from seconds to minutes, but are over written at next boot-up anyway. Either way, the fact that you're running Ver:1.23, means your Keys are held in RAM in an unencrypted state while you use your machine leaving it exposed to this specific attack channel, either online (the odds are remote) or by a threat actor having physical access to your device with enough motive -- which is to say you are no more/less protected irrespective of whether...
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Guys quit this HDD Vs SSD battle. Little do with that. The odds of a freeze even on a HDD is inversely related to the amount of RAM and/or a demand for increased access to Virtual Memory regardless of the total RAM at disposal. It's clear Pagefile.sys is still central to the issue. With no VM, Veracrypt and AVs seem to coexist without too much fuss. Add VM to the mix, the percentages go up, although @Mike D did show with his tests, it is on rare occasions, possible to trigger a freeze even with just...
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Guys quit this HDD Vs SSD battle. Little do with that. The odds of a freeze even on a HDD is inversely related to the amount of RAM and/or a demand for increased access to Virtual Memory regardless of the total RAM at disposal. It's clear Pagefile.sys is still central to the issue. With no VM, Veracrypt and AVs seem to coexist without too much fuss. Add VM to the mix, the percentages go up, although @Mike D did show with his tests, it is on rare occasions, possible to trigger a freeze even with just...
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How does a faulty RAM explain no freeze upon disabling paging or with no AVs? Anyway, I did get in touch with folks at BD and they've suggested a test procedure to Identify the culprit. Hoping it does lead to something.
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I do to plan to soon
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Thanks for the confirmation. Was hoping Pagefile exclusion would have sufficed. Disabling virtual memory is only feasible when you have copious amounts of RAM, sadly. I have a hunch there's something about how the Veracrypt driver does it's thing (w.r.t paging of course) that these Antiviruses detect as fishy to the point where they take mitigating action by directing the OS (or take on the onus themselves, assuming they're empowered) to disable read/write access to the disk. Like how we would instinctively...
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@enigma2illusion Yes, I did use their Uninstall tool. For a change, it was a breeze (no more than 5 minutes) to remove. I already have (a forum member did on my behalf.) brought it to their attention about the Pagefile thing, Still awaiting a response. I have little hopes of them entertaining a request to look into the freeze problem because as I said, Corporate culture doesn't gel with open-source ethos. But I'll try anyway. I remember, a few years back when the BD client flagging the Veracrypt...
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A big Kudos to @DDD and others for narrowing down the culprit. Had to do a complete uninstall of BitDefender because excluding .SYS files isn't allowed. Never had imagined an Antivirus could play a part in something as terminal as a system freeze, riding piggy back on an Encryption software. Being two days now without the freeze, which is unprecedented. Never managed an entire day without one. This despite stressing the hell out of paging (for hours together). That still begs the question as to what...
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there is the pain of lack of efi support Not a problem here. My Legacy MBR only rig couldn't care less. And, no I didn't allude to trying Truecrypt because I'm desperate for an alternative but just as a way of isolating the cause of the problem, in case the gremlins were unwittingly inherited from TC. Also, I have been using Diskcryptor for just as long as VC. It's dependency on Windows To Go to save the day has been kind of putting me off. I may even go ahead and try one of these days :)
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@enigma2illusion Yes, I'm using Bitdefender Total Security (10+ years). Have to explore the Pagefile exclusion and see if that has a positive effect To update on the testing, I have gotten to Ver:1.24 Update 5. Every previous version freezes with reckless abandon (multiple times in quick succession) unlike last time when I was on Winows 10 20H2. The notable difference being, I've updated to 22H2 now. I'm the least bit surprised at every new Windows Feature update breaking something or the other....
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@enigma2illusion Yes, I'm using Bitdefender Total Security (10+ years). Have to explore the Pagefile exclusion and see if that has a positive effect To update on the testing, I have gotten to Ver:1.24 Update 5. Every previous version freezes with reckless abandon (multiple times in quick succession) unlike last time when I was on Winows 10 20H2. The notable difference being, I've updated to 22H2 now. I'm the least bit surprised at every new Windows Feature update breaking something or the other....
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@enigma2illusion Yes, I'm using Bitdefender Total Security (10+ years). Have to explore the Pagefile exclusion and see if that has a positive effect To update on the testing, I have gotten to Ver:1.24 Update 5. Every previous version freezes with reckless abandon (multiple times in quick succession) unlike last time when I was on Winows 10 20H2. The notable difference being, I've updated to 22H2 now. I'm the least bit surprised at every new Windows Feature update breaking something or the other....
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Looks like I have to concur with @ Aaron. If anything, Ver 1.22 behaves a lot worse than 1.24. Had two freezes whist the encryption was in process and two more in quick succession post that. The only positive thing is you can trigger a crash dump (only Minidumps not the Full ones) because the freeze is progressive. Something in 1.24 and above changes that behaviour (no more crash dumps). Currently testing 1.23 with one freeze already. Will it give it a day before moving onto 1.23 Hotfix. If that...
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That's something I can try (should have already). I'll start with Ver 1.22 because it's roughly about 2018/19, I think the problem cropped up first. It's just that I didn't have a clue back then it had anything to do with Veracrypt. Hope to report back in a week or so.
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Progressive is how it started but these days it's more spontaneous/abrupt to the point where you can't even generate that elusive memory dump via those keyboard clicks
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For this thread, having an SSD is always part of the problem.) I'm afraid not true. Like I have mentioned before, a HDD (good old Hard Disk Drive) does not take exception to this particular issue any more than an SSD does. The only reason it seems SSDs are afflicted is nothing more than fact that SSDs have by an large replaced HDDs as mainstream Disk drives, at least at domestic consumer level. Only Dinosaurs (read me) continue to hang on to mechanical disks. If many of you were to switch back to...
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Fair enough. Always have frequent backups of your data due to possible hardware failure, software issues or user error It's just that some of the users refuse to take responsibility of something only they have control over.
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Didn't mean to disparage/insult. I'm a newbie myself...Apologies anyway. Edit: I would make a copy of the dismounted file container and use the copy of the file container for data recovery attempts. Something like this with a little more detail should/could go into the documentation. At least, that may stop inexperienced users who Do/Should spend time reading the documentation from resorting to irreversible recovery actions out of desperation. :)
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Didn't mean to disparage/insult. I'm a newbie myself...Apologies anyway.
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How/Why on earth did you mistake your way to opening a 20GB container in Word/Text editor whatever (even if to disguise the container)? And, you don't just stop there. You go ahead type something, then have the audacity to save it, no less, and not expect trouble. All this in the name of recovery? Do I smell a rat or do you also happen to be one of those deprived of attention in the household that you come here seeking it. You're in good company though... And, good luck undoing the changes .
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Maybe you can try those auto dismount settings enabled one at a time (in the logical order) to rule out (possibly) a conflict. In case you haven't already Process Explorer does tell you what open handles are blocking a dismount. Again, it's possible VC handles containers stored on NAS differently from Ciphershed. We couldn't possibly know. As a last resort, even if a little inconvenient, mount a newly created container with the same set of files and see how it goes. Unlikely to change your luck but...
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but my userid becomes locked after 20 minutes (I think) of inactivity, and there is definitely no read/write activity after my userid is locked so at least two of the auto-dismount criteria gets met after 30 minutes of inactivity. This may or may not work. Try setting "Auto-dismount volume after no data has been read/written" to something less than your userid lock/sleep time. Now you have three of the criteria met. In my experience, "Auto-dismount volume after no data has been read/written" has...
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If the volume mounts, try recovering as much data as you can before things go south. One of those recovery softwares may help: Recuva: https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva, TestDisk: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download, DiskGenius and a few others. TestDisk does have a GUI version (QPhotoRec), in case you find the command line one daunting (which is likely the first time -- Familiarization takes time). Again, as has been beaten to death umpteen times, a backup plan is an absolute must. At...
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If the volume mounts, try recovering as much data as you can before things go south. One of those recovery softwares may help: Recuva: https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva, TestDisk: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download, DiskGenius and a few others. TestDisk does have a GUI version (PhotoRec), in case you find the command line one daunting (which is likely the first time -- Familiarization takes time). Again, as has been beaten to death umpteen times, a backup plan is an absolute must. At...
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It's strange yours isn't behaving as designed in spite of the right settings. Not sure if this is related, but try enabling Mount Volumes as Removable Media in the settings. This is recommended anyway for a few other benefits as detailed here: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Removable%20Medium%20Volume.html If that doesn't work try creating a new Veracrypt volume and/or reinstalling VC and see if the issue persists. No matter what you do make sure you have backups (encrypted or not). I see you've enabled...
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It's strange yours isn't behaving as designed in spite of the right settings. Not sure if this is related, but try enabling Mount Volumes as Removable Media in the settings. This is recommended anyway for a few other benefits as detailed here: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Removable%20Medium%20Volume.html If that doesn't work try creating a new Veracrypt volume and/or reinstalling VC and see if the issue persists. No matter what you do make sure you have backups (encrypted or not). Beyond this it's...
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It's strange yours isn't behaving as designed in spite of the right settings. Not sure if this is related, but try enabling Mount Volumes as Removable Media in the settings. This is recommended anyway for a few other benefits as detailed here:https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Removable%20Medium%20Volume.html. If that doesn't work try creating a new Veracrypt volume and/or reinstalling VC and see if the issue persists. No matter what you do make sure you have backups (encrypted or not). Beyond this it's...
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The option you're looking for is under Settings > Preferences > Auto-Dsimount. Uncheck all but Users log off and you can resume from sleep/hibernation with the volumes still mounted. These have been around for a long time. No script needed.
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Funny, what some of you do. Try installing VC to any other partition (assuming E is not your system partition) or run VC in portable mode: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Portable%20Mode.html. Then, mount your E partition and make merry (in other words, stupidity). If E happens to be your system partition (where Window is installed), you should be able to login by providing your credentials on the VC bootloader screen. Assuming you've done your due diligence (doesn't look like it by the looks of it)...
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I didn't know I could decrypt a Hidden OS Nor do I. Couldn't find anything in the documentation. You're better off waiting for inputs from those who have experience with Hidden OS, which I don't. You can only hope some of the nerds on here drop by, eventually. It's usually a deserted place this. OR = or and CU = Cumulative Update :)
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Decrpyt > Install Update > Reencrypt, maybe OR give the CU a miss and hope the next one behaves (assuming it's Windows related). Don't count on Windows to hunker down though.
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As has been pointed out earlier in the thread, the problem stems from the interaction between virtual memory (more so on low memory systems) and VC. Some users have reported a freeze free experience upon disabling paging all together. Others have suggested moving the page file to a location outside that of the encrypted OS, but then that defeats the purpose. What Microsoft's *fsutil behavior set encryptpagingfile * does is anyone's guess.
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As has been pointed out earlier in the thread, the problem stems from the interaction between virtual memory (more so on low memory systems) and VC. Some users have reported a freeze free experience upon disabling paging all together. Others have suggested moving the page file to a location outside that of the encrypted OS, but then that defeats the purpose. What Microsoft's fsutil behavior set encryptpagingfile 1 does is anyone's guess.
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You need to mount your container (U: as an example above). Then open CMD > type CD /D "U:\" > type DIR /A. You'll then get a list of all files saved to U (your container will have a different letter that you assigned) Edit: You incorrectly ran the DIR command from your user directory (1367862). Run Dir /A from your container's root instead. For instance, if your mounted container is assigned drive letter G, you need to change directory to G in CMD like so: C:\Users\1367862>CD /D "G:\" You'll now...
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You need to mount your container (U: as an example above). Then open CMD > type CD /D "U:\" > type DIR /A. You'll then get a list of all files saved to U (your container will have a different letter that you assigned)
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You need to mount your container (U: as an example above). Then open CMD > type CD /D "U:\" > type DIR /A. You'll then get a list of all files saved to U(your container will have a different letter that you assigned)
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I'm not sure I understand your situation correctly. Hopefully, someone knowledgeable will chip in. In the meantime you can check if the file really resides in the container by using the DIR command in CMD. Navigate to the container stored on the cloud > open a CMD Window from within the container > type DIR /A. It should list all the files and folders stored in the root of the container as shown below U:\>DIR /A Volume in drive U has no label. Volume Serial Number is 3D12-B21E Directory of U:\ 09-Mar-23...
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I'm not sure I understand your situation correctly. Hopefully, someone knowledgeable will chip in. In the meantime you can check if the file really resides in the container by using the DIR command in CMD. Navigate to the container stored on the cloud > open a CMD Window from within the container > type DIR /A. It should list all the files and folders stored in the root of the container as shown below U:\>DIR /A Volume in drive U has no label. Volume Serial Number is 3D12-B21E Directory of U:\ 09-Mar-23...
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Are you sure you copied the important folder to the container before uploading to cloud? Also, did you make sure the "show hidden folders, files" in the Folder View options is CHECKED (File>Options>Change folder and search options>View -- Assuming Windows 10). More importantly, no backups of a supposedly life and death matter! ?
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In the world of digital, two copies (the second one being a backup) of anything you consider indispensable is a bare minimum requirement. It's beyond belief how many overlook this simple thing of common sense for flimsy reasons--only to find out they're one act of stupidity away from disaster. No PRO can help recover if the essentials needed to mount the partition are overwritten. If they could why would any one go the bother of making such tools let alone using them. Anyway, not sure if this https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/88db2de70f/...
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@ scanhalo You can actually go ahead with decrypting the OS. In the event of a freeze, the software does pick from where it left off (from the point of interruption) upon reboot. In case you're unable to boot into Windows, the decryption can be continued form the VC boot loader screen. I know this from experience (the difference being: while encrypting than decrypting). A quicker option is to simply take a current backup of your running OS and do a regular restore over the existing one. Upon first...
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@ scanhalo You can actually go ahead with decrypting the OS. In the event of a freeze, the software does pick from where it left off (from the point of interruption) upon reboot. In case you're unable to boot into Windows, the decryption can be continued form the VC boot loader screen. I know this from experience (the difference being: while encrypting than decrypting). A quicker option is to simply take a current backup of your running OS and do a regular restore over the existing one. Upon first...
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Veracrypt portable is the one you're looking for, may be. https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Portable%20Mode.html And no, the recipient does have to manually execute VC portable residing in the USB stick upon receipt. What you're asking for borders on science fiction (at least for now) lol . Hope you've cracked how to send the password across securely already.
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Veracrypt portable is the one you're looking for, may be. https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Portable%20Mode.html And, no the recipient does have to manually execute VC portable residing in the USB stick upon receipt. What you're asking for borders on science fiction (at least for now) lol . Hope you've cracked how to send the password across securely already.
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The issue isn't restricted to just SSDs. I have never used one in all the time I've had my old laptop ( Dell Inspiron N5010 running 4GB RAM). The freeze happens regardless of whether your OS is encryprted or not. Having the Veracrypt process running in the background is sufficient to trigger one. The only difference is that you encounter far fewer hangs (like once every few days as opposed to two/three times per day) without system encryption. A sure shot to way to cause a freeze (al least on mine)...
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On (1024,128,64), I had mine hang as usual but, went 3 full days on (512,256,128), which is a first for me. So, it looks like VeraCryptEncryptionFragmentSize has little effect in preventing hangs. It's the other two parameters which have a curative effect in terms of minimizing the frequency of hangs. Now, on to testing (512,1024,512).
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@idrassi I'm curious to see the outcome of the large queue 1024/512 because above a certain limit increasing queue size should not help That seems to be the case. Had yet another one on 1024/1024/512. My machine seems to handle the triplets 256/512/256 & 512/512/256 pretty well with no noticeable impact on performance. And, I'm also having trouble writing the dumps to disk like a few others here. Never faced this issue on 1.24 Update 7.
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@idrassi, Thank you for the reply. I am more than happy to test with 1024/128/64. Will report back when done. I'm interested in seeing if I can manage three consecutive days (or thereabouts) without a freeze because that'll be a good indicator of the fix taking effect (at least on my machine).
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I'm having mixed results so far. Firstly, the longest I've managed without a freeze was roughly 2 working days since the time (4 months) I have had system encryption running. On the default (512,128,64) setting, I had a mini freeze which lasted barely 3-4 seconds before recovering. This was followed by two regular hangs nearly two days apart with the parameters set to (512,256,128). The notable difference was the the disk activity LED indicator staying lit in the midst of a freeze, unlike usual where...
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Pardon me for the two questions... Just for my understanding 1) Is Version 1.25.5 containing the fix specific to NVMe SSDs and/or can it also be used on systems with HDDs 2) The default behavior is kept as it is and these registry values must be created explicitly to change VeraCrypt behavior. Does this imply that the Reg file needs to be added separately in addition to installing Ver:1.25.5 or does it (1..25.5) come with these changes integrated
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The screenshot can only be taken from an external device not from within Windows. You have to hope there's just enough time to access the Memory tab in Task manager when the freeze kick in. Edit: I have to admit I'm not making much progress with analysis of an old dump from July that I had saved. In spite of following Mounir's instructions (Just put VeraCrypt driver pdb in a directory and put this directory at the beginning of windbg symbol path) , the Veracrypt.pdb symbol doesn't seem to load ....
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The screenshot can only be taken from an external device not from within Windows. You have to hope there's just enough time to access the Memory tab in Task manager when the freeze kick in. Edit: I have to admit I'm not making much progress with analysis of an old dump from July that I had saved. In spite of following Mounir's instructions (Just put VeraCrypt driver pdb in a directory and put this directory at the beginning of windbg symbol path) , the Veracrypt.pdb symbol doesn't seem to load ....
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The screenshot can only be taken from an external device not from within Windows. You have to hope there's just enough time to access the Memory tab in Task manager when the freeze kick in. Edit: I have to admit I'm not making much progress with analysis of an old dump from July that I had saved. In spite of following Mounir's instructions (Just put VeraCrypt driver pdb in a directory and put this directory at the beginning of windbg symbol path) , the Veracrypt.pdb symbol doesn't seem to load ....
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The screenshot can only be taken from an external device not from within Windows. You have to hope there's just enough time to access the Memory tab in Task manager when the freeze kick in. Edit: I have to admit I'm not making much progress with analysis of an old dump from July that I had saved. In spite of following Mounir's instructions (Just put VeraCrypt driver pdb in a directory and put this directory at the beginning of windbg symbol path) , the Veracrypt.pdb symbol doesn't seem to load ....
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Correct but that's of little use when it comes tracking down the cause.
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The screenshot can only be taken from an external device not from within Windows. You have to hope there's just enough time to access the Memory tab in Task manager when the freeze kick in.
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I do. I have about 25 GB of free space on C: Drive. I had no trouble generating dumps on 1.24 Update 7. My current installed version is 1.25RC1. Don't know if it's relevant though. Tried changing it to Complete Dumps in the settings and still no luck. It briefly flashes the blue screen before doing a reboot.
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@idrassi Thank you for the link and instructions. Will keep an eye out for that Paged and Non paged pool, if It's possible to the access Task manager when it happens. Edit: Apologies for the poor quality of the images (Paged and Non Paged pool). My phone can only do so much. I'm still having trouble with saving the manual dumps to the disk like @DDD. Have to find out why. Page pool = 282 MB Non-paged pool = 238 MB.
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@idrassi Thank you for the link and instructions. Will keep an eye out for that Paged and Non paged pool, if It's possible to the access Task manager when it happens. Edit: Apologies for the poor quality of the images (Paged and Non Paged pool). My phone can only do so much. I'm still having trouble with saving the manual dumps to the disk like @DDD. Have to find out why. https://ibb.co/5WvQ8HZ https://ibb.co/sH9sfgD Page pool = 282 MB Non-paged pool = 238 MB.
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@idrassi Thank you for the link and instructions. Will keep an eye out for that Paged and Non paged pool, if It's possible to the access Task manager when it happens. Edit: Apologies for the poor quality of the images (Paged and Non Paged pool). My phone can only do so much. I'm still having trouble with saving the manual dumps to the disk like @DDD. Have to find out why. https://ibb.co/5WvQ8HZ https://ibb.co/sH9sfgD Page pool = 282 MB Non-paged pool = 238 MB.
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@idrassi Thank you for the link and instructions. Will keep an eye out for that Paged and Non paged pool, if It's possible to the access Task manager when it happens.
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@bhafer, Thanks for the link. I'm indeed following the same method to initiate a manual crash but oddly the system restarts before the Dump is written to the disk. I have previously been able to get one to write to the disk, but that particular dump merely showed i8042prt.sys as the culprit and there was no mention of anything related to Veracrypt (Or, at least I didn't find any with my limited knowledge of debugging).
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Hello, I'm on VC Ver:1.25 RC1 and just had yet another freeze when reading this thread on Firefox.:) I guess I'm experiencing these freezes more so than others (averaging once/twice a day) since I easily have the lowest spec'ed system of all users it seems. My specs are as below: OS Version: 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron N5010 Total Physical Memory: 3,895 MB DDR3 Virtual Memory: Max Size: 6,071 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 2,162 MB Virtual Memory:...
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Hello, I'm on VC Ver:1.25 RC1 and just had yet another freeze when reading this thread on Firefox.:) I guess I'm experiencing these freezes more so than others (averaging once/twice a day) since I easily have the lowest spec'ed system of all users it seems. My specs are as below: OS Version: 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron N5010 Total Physical Memory: 3,895 MB DDR3 Virtual Memory: Max Size: 6,071 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 2,162 MB Virtual Memory:...
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Hello, I'm on VC Ver:1.25 RC1 and just had yet another freeze when reading this thread on Firefox.:) I guess I'm experiencing these freezes more so than others (averaging once/twice a day) since I easily have the lowest spec'ed system of all users it seems. My specs are as below: OS Version: 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron N5010 Total Physical Memory: 3,895 MB DDR3 Virtual Memory: Max Size: 6,071 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 2,162 MB Virtual Memory:...
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Hello, I'm on VC Ver:1.25 RC1 and just had yet another freeze when reading this thread on Firefox.:) I guess I'm experiencing these freezes more so than others (averaging once/twice a day) since I easily have the lowest spec'ed system of all users it seems. My specs are as below: OS Version: 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron N5010 Total Physical Memory: 3,895 MB DDR3 Virtual Memory: Max Size: 6,071 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 2,162 MB Virtual Memory:...
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Hello, I'm on VC Ver:1.25 RC1 and just had yet another freeze when reading this thread on Firefox.:) I guess I'm experiencing these freezes more so than others (averaging once/twice a day) since I easily have the lowest spec'ed system of all users it seems. My specs are as below: OS Version: 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron N5010 Total Physical Memory: 3,895 MB Virtual Memory: Max Size: 6,071 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 2,162 MB Virtual Memory: In...
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Hello, I'm on VC Ver:1.25 RC1 and just had yet another freeze when reading this thread on Firefox.:) I guess I'm experiencing these freezes more so than others (averaging once/twice a day) since I easily have the lowest spec'ed system of all users it seems. My specs are as below: OS Version: 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron N5010 Total Physical Memory: 3,895 MB Virtual Memory: Max Size: 6,071 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 2,162 MB Virtual Memory: In...
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Hello, I'm on VC Ver:1.25 RC1 and just had yet another freeze when reading this thread on Firefox.:) I guess I'm experiencing these freezes more so than others (averaging once/twice a day) since I easily have the lowest spec'ed system of all users it seems. My specs are as below: OS Version: 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron N5010 Total Physical Memory: 3,895 MB Virtual Memory: Max Size: 6,071 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 2,162 MB Virtual Memory: In...
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