I have a bizarre new problem.
("New" because I have been using veracrypt in my system for quite some time now, with no problems.)
The symptom is this:
Veracrypt encrypted external hard disk is mounted, I start working on it, and suddenly the whole system freezes. Not just veracrypt or the programs I am using the mounted volume with. The whole system, a Windows 10, 64bit, 16GB RAM desktop computer.
When this happens, nothing works: not alt-control-delete, not task manager, nothing.
The system is dead.
I have to turn off the system and turn it on again.
The same veracrypt disk can be mounted successfully on a different system, a laptop.
The system there is Win 10, 64bit, 8GB RAM.
I can use the mounted volume there with no problems at all.
Now: A bit of background:
Prior to this problem appearing, my desktop had Veracrypt v1.16 installed.
Yesterday I decided to install v1.17. Installation completed successfully.
Then, the strange behaviour begun.
The system just froze five minutes or so in my working with the mounted volume.
I thought that there is a stability problem with v1.17 and for that reason I decided to completely uninstall v1.17, and install v1.16 again.
I did.
Unfortunately the problem has stayed with me.
After few minutes, the system freezes to death.
I do not know whether the problem is indeed with the new version. It seems so, but I do not want to check it, by installing v.1.17 on the laptop and see what happens.
Access to the encrypted disk is mission critical for me, and I cannot gamble here.
The problem is I do not know what to do, or what might be the problem.
If you could give me some directions and / or ideas I would be more than grateful.
Thank you.
pwei
("New" because I have been using veracrypt in my system for quite some time now, with no problems.)
The symptom is this:
Veracrypt encrypted external hard disk is mounted, I start working on it, and suddenly the whole system freezes. Not just veracrypt or the programs I am using the mounted volume with. The whole system, a Windows 10, 64bit, 16GB RAM desktop computer.
When this happens, nothing works: not alt-control-delete, not task manager, nothing.
The system is dead.
I have to turn off the system and turn it on again.
The same veracrypt disk can be mounted successfully on a different system, a laptop.
The system there is Win 10, 64bit, 8GB RAM.
I can use the mounted volume there with no problems at all.
Now: A bit of background:
Prior to this problem appearing, my desktop had Veracrypt v1.16 installed.
Yesterday I decided to install v1.17. Installation completed successfully.
Then, the strange behaviour begun.
The system just froze five minutes or so in my working with the mounted volume.
I thought that there is a stability problem with v1.17 and for that reason I decided to completely uninstall v1.17, and install v1.16 again.
I did.
Unfortunately the problem has stayed with me.
After few minutes, the system freezes to death.
I do not know whether the problem is indeed with the new version. It seems so, but I do not want to check it, by installing v.1.17 on the laptop and see what happens.
Access to the encrypted disk is mission critical for me, and I cannot gamble here.
The problem is I do not know what to do, or what might be the problem.
If you could give me some directions and / or ideas I would be more than grateful.
Thank you.
pwei