Installing Windows 7 corrupted 2nd disk encrypted with TrueCrypt


  1. 2muchacid
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    Installing Windows 7 corrupted 2nd disk encrypted with TrueCrypt


    Hi

    In my laptop I have windows installed in a drive, and I have two other bigger disk drives that I use to save my data. Those were encrypted with TC.

    I did a fresh install of Windows 7 and after booting I noticed that one of those two data drives had a drive letter assigned. I tried to mount them with TC and I couldn't mount that one, it says "already in use".

    If I mount it in Windows Disk Manager, I can browse it like a normal drive. I noticed that it has some boot manager files from Windows.

    Seems like the Windows 7 installer corrupted that drive by installing the boot files there    .

    What can I do?
    I already tried to recover header and mount with different options but TC always says "already in use" and I can't do anything.

    Thanks!
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  3. ignatzatsonic
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    2muchacid said:
    Seems like the Windows 7 installer corrupted that drive by installing the boot files there[/B].
    Seems to me like you may have left that drive connected when you installed Windows.

    True?

    Not generally a good idea---for the reasons you've encountered.

    You could start over, reinstall Windows with that drive disconnected. Or run a startup repair several times.
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  4. 2muchacid
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    Hi ignatzatsonic

    Thanks for the reply

    EDIT: Check last post
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    EDIT: Check last post
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  7. 2muchacid
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    UPDATE: I think I managed to recover the "header". I can now mount the encrypted partition. If I enter the correct password it mounts, if I enter another it says the password is wrong.

    The problem now is that when I mount the encrypted partition it doesn't get mounted in Windows. It assigns a drive letter but I can't access it, Windows asks me to format the disk.

    What should I do now? Thanks
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