Other Utility Partitions - such as a Dell 40 MB diagnostics one to work preboot - Linux will see this as sda3 MSR - Microsoft Reserved Partition - 16 MB size - no partition ID - Linux will see this as sda2 System - FAT32 - Minimum size 100 MB but can be much bigger and if an OS is small enough it can fit in and work from here - called ESP or EFI - Linux will see it as sda1 Primary GPT Header - small part of the hard drive reserved for holding partition information on GPT/UEFI systems MBR - protected - very small part of the hard drive reserved for holding the 4 partition information If you have set it up as a UEFI, then Windows will work with that and if as Legacy it will install as Legacy.Īfter you have it installed then use a guide such as Opens a new window and whole disk encryption is at the end. You could use that Factory image but it is so old now that I think it better to just download a Windows iso and install from that. Deleting partitions is not a good idea and I recommend that you do a reinstall to get a clean state. Anyhow, for your information, at the bottom of my post, I have listed the partitions and utilities that you could see on a UEFI hard drive. I think that you are using legacy boot and not UEFI and I thought that UEFI was the prefered method for PCs of that vintage. I am using Windows 8.1.įirst of all comments about the partitions. Has any suggestions I would be appreciative. Reserved and I got a warning that if I remove it might not be able toīoot into the recovery image. I can remove it from the install disk but it is marked as OEM My guess is because it's marked as an active recovery I don't have the option of removing the 450 mb partition in computer I think that thisĬomputer is too old for secure boot because I'm not finding it in the Have any data on this drive so I am not against a reinstall if necessaryīut I want to keep the recovery partition on it. I'll attach a screenshot from disk manager. So which one do I remove? One looks like it might be in use by the Is that why I can't use truecrypt or veracrypt? If The only thing I could definitively read to do Then I tried veracrypt and it just sat at loading. After that on reboot Truecrypt couldn'tīoot the OS at all and I had to use my install disk to fix the boot This was on a veracrypt forum and they said The only thing IĬould find (outside of making sure to select AES and turn off secureīoot) was that this was a known issue on HP machines and I have an HP Initially after the reboot it failed pretest (even though windowsīooted) and I had to revert. To do this, click on System in VeraCrypt's menu and then on Permanently Decrypt System Partition/Drive.System with a fresh install of 8.1 with truecrypt but I am unable to. You can revert your system partition's encryption at any time. The VeraCrypt assistant will let you know once the process has concluded, after which you'll only have to click on Close. Although it can take a few minutes, the ensuing encryption process can be interrupted or paused at any time. Once your computer has loaded, VeraCrypt will launch, informing you that it has successfully completed its pre-test.Ĭlick on Encrypt and grant VeraCrypt administrator rights again. If logging in worked as usual, Windows will boot normally. Once loaded, the VeraCrypt assistant will ask if it should perform the test again, or if the pre-boot authentication component should be uninstalled. Should there be a problem when inputting your password, and you be unable to login, press the Escape key on your keyboard.Īfter this, Windows will start as usual. Input your password, leaving the PIM field empty, and confirm by pressing Enter. Once finished, confirm that you'd like to restart your computer and Windows will restart. Read the next security note as well and click on OK.
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