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Thank you for your detailed explanation. That does seem to match all my observations. One question remains: if VeraCrypt created a new FAT32 filesystem and formatted the partition, would you expect data recovery tools like R-Studio and DMDE to find remnants of the previous filesystem or deleted files on an SSD? I performed full sector scans of the SSD, but neither tool found the original directory structure or recoverable files. Does that indicate that the format plus SSD/TRIM likely made recovery...

Thank you for the suggestion. I ran Check Filesystem from the VeraCrypt GUI. It reports that the filesystem is FAT32, and CHKDSK completed successfully with no errors found. However, the mounted volume is almost completely empty. Windows reports only one small file and a few hidden system files, while approximately 976 GB are free. I also scanned the physical SSD with R-Studio and DMDE. Neither tool found a previous FAT32 filesystem, deleted directories, or any recoverable files corresponding to...

Thank you for your reply. I encrypted the correct partition. I did not accidentally select the wrong drive. As far as I remember, I selected "Encrypt partition in place", because the goal was to preserve the existing data while encrypting. The encryption process ran for many hours (around 9 hours), which would also be consistent with an in-place encryption of a large amount of existing data. The drive is a 1 TB SanDisk SSD. VeraCrypt can mount the volume successfully with my password and shows a...

Title: VeraCrypt volume mounts successfully, but mounted drive is empty after 9-hour encryption process Hello everyone, I am looking for advice regarding a VeraCrypt data recovery problem. I used VeraCrypt on a SanDisk 1 TB SSD. The drive originally contained important data. In VeraCrypt I selected the option to encrypt a partition/drive, selected the SanDisk SSD, chose a standard VeraCrypt volume, and the process ran for approximately 9 hours. It completed without any error message. Now VeraCrypt...