Daniel M. Burkus

Thank you very much for your help, Enigma2Illusion! I deeply appreciated it! Yesterday I used VeraCrypt to encrypt my external hard drive, and then transferred all of the files back again. Then, when that was done, I moved everything else from the D: drive, reformatted it, and then created a VeraCrypt volume (file container); early in the morning that was ready, so I first moved all of the ordinary files back onto that drive, and am now in the process of copying my data from the external hard drive...

Thank you for your reply, Enigma2Illusion. I deleted all of the files from the external hard drive, then did a quick reformat of the drive with Windows (yes, I knew how to do that -- hahaha). Now I am installing VeraCrypt (encrypting the whole drive). I found the place where I could change the file system (during the VeraCrypt installation process), which is almost hidden for some reason (the FAT file system was what VeraCrypt installed by default). VeraCrypt seems to format the drive while it installs...

Thank you, Enigma2Illusion. Yes, I read the Google results and, as detailed above, tried to take corrective action. When that failed, I turned to this forum for program-specific help. Ok, since it seems there is no other way to do this, I will start by reformatting the external hard drive, reinstalling VeraCrypt with a NTFS file system, and then reinstalling all my files from the D: drive. Then I will do the same for the D; drive. It will all take several days. Thank you very much for your comments....

Hello, Enigma2Illusion. Thank you for your reply. I do not believe I selected anything -- I went with the default (as the instructions seemed to recommend). Checking now, both are FAT32. Could this be the issue? (Sorry, I am not really well enough versed in computers to know, which is why I try to follow what the FAQ or installation instructions suggest.) If it is the issue, is there a way to change the file system type (to NTFS, for example) without damaging the files that are already resident in...

Thank you, Adrian. You are correct, the VeraCrypt containers are mounted as/to Y: and Z: respectively. The file container (on my D: drive) is named "A" ("VeraCrypt Container" seemed as if it would give the whole thing away). The fully encrypted external hard drive is just named "External Drive." DMB

Hello, Enigma2Illusion. Thank you for your reply. I do not believe I elected anything -- I went with the default (as the instructions seemed to recommend). Checking now, both are FAT32. Could this be the issue? (Sorry, I am not really well enough versed in computers to know, which is why I try to follow what the FAQ or installation instructions suggest.) If it is the issue, is there a way to change the file system type (to NTFS, for example) without damaging the files that are already resident in...

Adrian, thank you for taking the time to reply. I used VeraCrypt to create a file container on my D: drive. This file container is called Z:. I used VeraCrypt to completely encode an external hard drive; this device is called Y:. The original batch of data was already stored on another (internal) hard drive, which I copied and pasted from that drive into both Z: and Y:. I attempted to drag and drop subsequent image files into folders that I named "Image Files (JPG, PNG)" in both locations (Z: and...

I ran that program (selecting the "check file system" option), but nothing. According to Scandisk, there were no errors present on either the external hard drive or the encrypted folder. Because it said that running the repair file system option could result in corruption of my files, I did not attempt that (though, as I said, the check option showed no errors). Maybe I should add that this issue affects only image (.jpg, .png, etc.) files. No problems with other kinds of files (such as .gif, .txt,...