Apr 06,  · VeraCrypt is one among many free third party disk encryption tools that are recommended if you don’t want to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro for BitLocker. Before VeraCrypt, I use use to recommend the defunct TrueCrypt, which worked well and that legacy continues with VeraCrypt of being a solid alternative. Then launch VeraCrypt by double-clicking the file replace.me or by clicking the VeraCrypt shortcut in your Windows Start menu. STEP 2: The main VeraCrypt window should appear. Click Create Volume (marked with a red rectangle for clarity). STEP 3: The VeraCrypt Volume Creation Wizard window should appear. 34 rows · VeraCrypt is free open-source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. In case an attacker forces you to reveal the password, VeraCrypt provides plausible deniability. In contrast to file encryption, data encryption performed by VeraCrypt is real-time (on-the-fly), automatic, transparent, needs very little memory, and does not involve temporary . VeraCrypt is a type of software that utilizes sources that are available in real-time and maintains on-the-fly encrypted volume or also known as a data space on your device. Encryption that is on the fly basically means that the data will be automatically encrypted even before it is being stored and also decrypted after it is stored, without any intervention from any user.
 
 

 

Full Specifications.Veracrypt for windows 10

 

This chapter contains step-by-step instructions on how to create, mount, and use a VeraCrypt volume. We strongly recommend that you also read the other sections of this manual, as they contain important information. If you have not done so, download and install VeraCrypt. Then launch VeraCrypt by double-clicking the file VeraCrypt.

The main VeraCrypt window should appear. Click Create Volume marked with a red rectangle for clarity. In this step you need to choose where you wish the VeraCrypt volume to be created. A VeraCrypt volume can reside in a file, which is also called container, in a partition or drive. In this tutorial, we will choose the first option and create a VeraCrypt volume within a file. As the option is selected by default, you can just click Next. Note: In the following steps, the screenshots will show only the right-hand part of the Wizard window.

In this step you need to choose whether to create a standard or hidden VeraCrypt volume. In this tutorial, we will choose the former option and create a standard VeraCrypt volume. In this step you have to specify where you wish the VeraCrypt volume file container to be created.

Note that a VeraCrypt container is just like any normal file. It can be, for example, moved or deleted as any normal file. It also needs a filename, which you will choose in the next step. Click Select File. The standard Windows file selector should appear while the window of the VeraCrypt Volume Creation Wizard remains open in the background. You may, of course, choose any other filename and location you like for example, on a USB memory stick.

Note that the file My Volume does not exist yet — VeraCrypt will create it. If you select an existing file in this step, it will be overwritten and replaced by the newly created volume so the overwritten file will be lost , not encrypted.

You will be able to encrypt existing files later on by moving them to the VeraCrypt volume that we are creating now. Select the desired path where you wish the container to be created in the file selector. Type the desired container filename in the File name box.

Click Save. The file selector window should disappear. There are software tools that can be used for the purpose of secure erasure many of them are free.

In the Volume Creation Wizard window, click Next. Here you can choose an encryption algorithm and a hash algorithm for the volume.

If you are not sure what to select here, you can use the default settings and click Next for more information, see chapters Encryption Algorithms and Hash Algorithms.

Here we specify that we wish the size of our VeraCrypt container to be megabyte. You may, of course, specify a different size. After you type the desired size in the input field marked with a red rectangle , click Next. This is one of the most important steps. Here you have to choose a good volume password. Read carefully the information displayed in the Wizard window about what is considered a good password.

After you choose a good password, type it in the first input field. Then re-type it in the input field below the first one and click Next. Note: The button Next will be disabled until passwords in both input fields are the same. Move your mouse as randomly as possible within the Volume Creation Wizard window at least for 30 seconds. The longer you move the mouse, the better. This significantly increases the cryptographic strength of the encryption keys which increases security.

Click Format. Volume creation should begin. This file will be a VeraCrypt container it will contain the encrypted VeraCrypt volume. Depending on the size of the volume, the volume creation may take a long time. After it finishes, the following dialog box will appear: Click OK to close the dialog box. We have just successfully created a VeraCrypt volume file container. The Wizard window should disappear. In the remaining steps, we will mount the volume we just created.

We will return to the main VeraCrypt window which should still be open, but if it is not, repeat Step 1 to launch VeraCrypt and then continue from Step Select a drive letter from the list marked with a red rectangle. This will be the drive letter to which the VeraCrypt container will be mounted. Note: In this tutorial, we chose the drive letter M, but you may of course choose any other available drive letter. The standard file selector window should appear.

In the file selector, browse to the container file which we created in Steps and select it. Click Open in the file selector window. In the following steps, we will return to the main VeraCrypt window. In the main VeraCrypt window, click Mount. Password prompt dialog window should appear.

Type the password which you specified in Step 10 in the password input field marked with a red rectangle. Click OK in the password prompt window. VeraCrypt will now attempt to mount the volume. If the password is incorrect for example, if you typed it incorrectly , VeraCrypt will notify you and you will need to repeat the previous step type the password again and click OK. If the password is correct, the volume will be mounted. We have just successfully mounted the container as a virtual disk M: The virtual disk is entirely encrypted including file names, allocation tables, free space, etc.

You can save or copy, move, etc. If you open a file stored on a VeraCrypt volume, for example, in media player, the file will be automatically decrypted to RAM memory on the fly while it is being read. You need to enter the correct password only when mounting the volume. You can open the mounted volume, for example, by double-clicking the item marked with a red rectangle in the screenshot above.

You can also browse to the mounted volume the way you normally browse to any other types of volumes. You can copy files or folders to and from the VeraCrypt volume just as you would copy them to any normal disk for example, by simple drag-and-drop operations.

Files that are being read or copied from the encrypted VeraCrypt volume are automatically decrypted on the fly in RAM memory. Similarly, files that are being written or copied to the VeraCrypt volume are automatically encrypted on the fly in RAM right before they are written to the disk. Note that VeraCrypt never saves any decrypted data to a disk — it only stores them temporarily in RAM memory. Even when the volume is mounted, data stored in the volume is still encrypted.

When you restart Windows or turn off your computer, the volume will be dismounted and all files stored on it will be inaccessible and encrypted. Even when power supply is suddenly interrupted without proper system shut down , all files stored on the volume will be inaccessible and encrypted. To make them accessible again, you have to mount the volume.

To do so, repeat Steps If you want to close the volume and make files stored on it inaccessible, either restart your operating system or dismount the volume. To do so, follow these steps: Select the volume from the list of mounted volumes in the main VeraCrypt window marked with a red rectangle in the screenshot above and then click Dismount also marked with a red rectangle in the screenshot above.

To make files stored on the volume accessible again, you will have to mount the volume. Instead of creating file containers, you can also encrypt physical partitions or drives i.

To do so, repeat the steps but in the step 3 select the second or third option. Then follow the remaining instructions in the wizard. Important: We strongly recommend that you also read the other chapters of this manual, as they contain important information that has been omitted in this tutorial for simplicity.

Beginner’s Tutorial. System Encryption. Supported Systems. Hidden Operating System. Rescue Disk. Plausible Deniability. Hidden Volume. Protection of Hidden Vol. Security Requirements. Hardware Acceleration. Encryption Algorithms.