P ROBLEM : A TrueCrypt volume cannot be mounted; TrueCrypt reports “ Incorrect password or not a TrueCrypt
volume
”. P OSSIBLE C AUSE : The volume header may have been damaged by a third-party application or malfunctioning
hardware component.
P OSSIBLE S OLUTIONS : •
If you created your volume using TrueCrypt
6.0 or later , you can try to restore the volume
header from the backup embedded in the volume by following these steps:
1) Run TrueCrypt 6.0 or later.
2) Click
Select Device or
Select File to select your volume.
3) Select
Tools >
Restore Volume Header .
•
If you created your volume using TrueCrypt
5.1a or earlier , you can try to mount your volume
with the command line option
/m recovery
as follows:
1) Install TrueCrypt 6.1 or later.
2) On your keyboard, press and hold the
Windows key and then press
R . The Windows
Run dialog should appear.
3) Type in the following command (replace the last argument,
\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0 , with the path to your volume and if TrueCrypt is not
installed in
%ProgramFiles%
, replace
%ProgramFiles%
with the path to TrueCrypt):
"%ProgramFiles%\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe" /q /m recovery /v
\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0
4) Press Enter to try to mount your volume.
P ROBLEM : After successfully mounting a volume, Windows reports " This device does not contain a valid file
system
" or a similar error.
