So make sure the virtual machine has internet access. In my case using USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 did not work, and with USB 3.0 as controller, Windows automatically downloaded the required device drivers. In the drop down menu select your storage device and enable it in the list before clicking “OK”.įinally, start the virtual machine. Click the green plus sign to add a new USB filter. And make sure “Enable USB Controller” and “USB 3.0 (xHCI) Controller” is enabled. In VirtualBox and after installing a virtual machine with Windows, right click the virtual machine and click “Settings”. Connect the USB device or USB cable to the computer and make sure that your host is not trying to mount or occupy its resources. If using VirtualBox, you will have to give the virtual machine access to the device storing your volume. I’m using a MacBook and used VirtualBox to install Windows 10 on a virtual machine.

I recommend you to use any version of Windows to recover your volume. If you have already attempted to repair the volume, you may have luck so read on. By the way, do not attempt to repair any filesystems using “chkdisk” or similar recovery tools at this point as it may damage the volume.

If you are in a similar situation, I recommend that you try the following steps.

How to Repair TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt Volumes However, I received “Invalid password” and “Invalid Volume” albeit the password entered was correct. I also tried to mount the volume using VeraCrypt in TrueCrypt mode. Do you want to format it?” and in macOS I tried to mount the disk manually using “diskutil mountDisk /dev/disk2” without success. In Windows I got the message “You need to format the disk in drive X: before you can use it. I connected the USB to my laptop and tried to mount the volume on Windows, Linux and Mac without success. Signs and Symptoms of Broken TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt VolumesĪfter using TrueCrypt for years to protect my Western Digital external hard drive, I recently noticed that I was no longer able to mount my volume and access my files, and started to panic a bit. This tutorial explain how to repair your corrupted TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt container (volume) using TestCrypt and get your data back. These tools can are used to encrypt data at rest on storage devices including external hard drives and USB flash drives. TrueCrypt and its follower, VeraCrypt, are wonderful encryption tools that are freely available.

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