I decrypted the disk, but at the beginning "enter password" still appears, I press Esc and log into Windows. How do I remove this initial veracrypt bootloader entry? Tried to delete it didn't help! It's not in the auto-upload! I even tried reinstalling windows, it still remained!
When Windows boots, open Veracrypt, click on system, then click on permanently decrypt system drive, then restart....it should only take a minute and Veracrypt will be gone forever.
I have to do this every time I restore an image file from a back-up.
Sometimes though I have trouble re-encrypting the restored drive, but that's a minor issue.
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I tried using the command lines but to no avail, as I encountered the error "Permission Denied", even after taking ownership of the folder, etc.
I would like to add if you would like to reserve the possibility to roll back to a previous version of Windows, then please do not attempt this folder removal, otherwise all records of your previous Windows will remain after the removal.
This post is for an emergency fix in the case the existence of your "Windows.old" file may cause problems in some scenarios.
There are several steps to accomplish the task:
Press Windows key + R to open up a Run command in the search bar right next to the Windows icon. Then, in the Run command, type “ms-settings:storagesense” and hit Enter to open the Storage screen.
On the right side under "Local Storage", click on the C drive (or the drive letter that holds your Windows files) concerned.
Choose "Temporary files".
Then choose to remove "Previous version of Windows" along with any other options you desire.
Click on "Remove" files.
Check that the "Windows.old" folder has indeed been removed from your C drive.
when I start my laptop, it stucks at blank screen for a while and then it shows 2 options, advance options and turm of computer. I searched a bit and found a way to see if my drives are still there or not. When I opened notepad through cmd, and selected to open file, I can not see my drives there (C and D). I can see only two drives:
Boot(X:) and 2. CD Drive (D:)
I do not want to lose my data. I tried the 3 options of advanced options, system restore, system image recovery and startup repair. But none of them worked. My laptop is Asus R541UJ.
It all started when yesterday a BSOD appeared with error CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED. then it tried to restart the system but it could not, this problem occurred. One more thing my D drive used to be of 510GB, and through cmd and notepad the new Boot(X:) drive is of 510GB from which, 508GB is not used, whereas, as D drive was filled by 450GB. So please help me with it and tell me what to do, I do not want to lose my data. Any help will be highly appreciated. Thank you.
Drive X: is a virtual drive. It exists only in Repair Mode.
Maybe your hard disk has failed. If it is not visible in the BIOS.
While in Repair Mode, you can do this to find out more about your disk:
Run this command: diskpart.exe
Type these subcommands:
select disk 0
detail disk
exit
If you see no partitions (i.e. 'no volums found') then you might have to format or replace the disk, then restore your data from your external backup medium.
I have an Windows box, which originally had Windows 7 installed and was later on upgraded to Windows 10.
On Windows 10 I added a 3TB hard disk for backups. I set up the new hard disc as backup target and started the first backup. This now is some days ago, but whenever I check the status I get following message: File History is saving copies of your files for the first time.
On the backup disc nothing happens. There is created a folder M:\FileHistory\username\boxname\Data, but there are no files in it.
There is just a link (for whatever reason not a button) below, to stop the backup. When I restart it, I get the same message but nothing happens.
Anybody any idea, what could be the reason or what to do?
Thanks in advance...
Finally found the solution. Keep in mind, I use a german version of windows. Hence, the menu point names may not be accurately translated.
In the control center > system and security > file history > extended settings
There is a link to the event viewer related to backup events.
It had some messages telling it could not save a file in a given folder. Deleting the folder, and also the BACKUP-DRIVE:\FileHistory folder on the backup drive solved the issues.
I installed windows 10 on my computer.
Every time I restart my computer, my all new files disappear
and my desktop is empty!!!
Is it a bug or setting issues?
How can I restore my files back
Thanks in advance!
You somehow corrupted your explorer.exe or changed a registry setting :
If you corrupted explorer.exe, best bet is to do a repair or system restore.
To check if explorer.exe is set to your shell:
Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up task manager. Click File>Run new Task.
Type REGEDIT, click ok.
Click the plus sign (navigate through) entries:
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
-SOFTWARE
-MICROSOFT
-WINDOWS NT
-CurrentVersion
Click the folder WINLOGON
in the box to your right, find the entry Shell.
If the data correspondig to it is not Explorer.exe, double click Shell and modify it to Explorer.exe.
Close the registry,
Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up Task Manager.
File>New Task. Type explorer,
click ok.
I think something is gone wrong by the installation. You can look for the files in C:/users/"you username"/desktop if they arent show there you can try other users in the /user/ directory. Maybe you have a bit of luck and the files are stored by the wrong user by some weird reason.
In the most cases the best solution is to reinstal Windows 10. I think it is faster than looking for an solution. (when you havent install a lot of software)
How you can restore your windows (clean instal) it is explained in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzTNjs8k15Q
Make sure you have an backup from your data ;-)
(sorry for bad english, iam from holland ;-) )
yes it looks like the installation process has not been taken place properly without any interruptions.
The most convenient solution in my experience is:-
1.search locally 'recovery options'through windows 10 search icon on the left bottom corner
2.click "get started" button under "reset my pc".
3.select the option "keep my files".
then once you are safely back in windows 7, again start the process of updating to windows 10 in a fresh manner WITH the pc plugged in to power and with a stable internet connection.
have an application that keeps reinstalling itself even after uninstall. It's an app that helps you type in chinese characters. As you can see from the format of this message that it messes with my typing.
Can anyone please help?
PS:Ｉdont even know how to at least turn it off because everything is in chinese.
I have the same problem since last Saturday (26/4).
I used unlocker as recommended by another website to remove the application. But my alt+shift and Window+space hot keys are both not working anymore. So I restored window back to a previous restore point for restoring the hot keys.
However, after a while the application reinstalled back.
I tried unhackme but the application reinstall after a few reboot. For the passed 1 week I've been fighting with this application.
On the 30/4, I was thinking whether to refresh my windows, suddenly I realised that I had copy an excel file from my client on 25/4. His computer same having the same problem. So I tried to delete the said excel file but it can't be deleted. So I use unlocker to delete the folder storing the excel file. than I use unhackme to remove all file/program related to Dongfanginput, use unlocker to delete the folder at program folder, restore window to a previous restore point. My computer is running smoothly for pass 2 days and hoping that the problem wouldn't come back again. (sorry for my poor English)