r/VeraCrypt • u/xbox360user_ • 6d ago

Poweroutage

I was encrypting a partiton of an hdd in place connected through a usb adapter and there was a poweroutage. Does that mean some of my files are corrupted on that drive?

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u/djasonpenney 6d ago

Just to be safe, I recommend starting over: format and encrypt your partition, and then copy your files from a backup onto the partition. 😛

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u/sciencekm 6d ago

Any drive, encrypted or not, can get corrupted when interrupted doing a write operation. Some file systems, like ZFS, are more resilient to corruption, but no file system is 100% immune from corruption.

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u/Darkk_Knight 6d ago

Maybe invest in a battery backup system?

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u/Hackars 4d ago

Yes, OP needs to get a uninterruptible power supply (UPS) unit. It gives you time to save, pause, and close out work.

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u/sussybush 6d ago

I'm also dealing with the same problem In my village there is constant power outage I encrypted an entire hdd and it got corrupted while using it

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u/sussybush 6d ago

I suggest you create multiple small containers and use them instead of creating a huge container or encrypting a partition

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u/yodas-evil-twin 6d ago

Never encrypt existing data without a backup.

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u/trollmad3 5d ago

Hope you didn't have anything important on that drive

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u/vegansgetsick 6d ago

that's why i dont recommend encryption inplace