veracrypt with dual boot

Discussion in 'encryption problems' started by klarm, Aug 11, 2023.

  1. klarm

    klarm Registered Member

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    Hi.
    I have 1 drive with 3 partitions.
    part1 win10
    part2 win 7
    part3 around 350gb for storage.

    I want to encrypt all the drives.
    I successfully encrypted win7 partition and part3 and I can either boot win7 with VC or if I hit ESC I can chose to boot win10 (unencrypted).

    If I try to encrypt win10 partition I get this error:

    https://i.postimg.cc/TP48PP6q/Screenshot-11-8-2023-18-36-01.jpg

    Can this be done?

    regards.
     
  2. kaljukass

    kaljukass Registered Member

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    Encrypt the entire disk if you think you need to so at all, but not individual partitions.
    Personally I think You shouldn't do that at all. But it's up to you what you do with your computer.
     
  3. klarm

    klarm Registered Member

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    To my knowledge I can't encrypt entire disk when I have 3 separate partitions (its 1 NVMe disk in laptop) and on 2 of them I have dual boot OSs (win7 + win10). That's why I'm asking if this is achievable.
    If not, I would remove win10 and just leave win7.
    regards
     
  4. kaljukass

    kaljukass Registered Member

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    Well, yes, if you have an NVMe disk and there is Windows 7 with legacy startup, there is really nothing else to say, except that to hold your head with both hands. And VeraCrypt as well.
    Oh my God, You are a genius.
     
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