Troubleshooting TrueCrypt AES pretest errors

2

Every time I try full system encryption with truecrypt (AES) I'm getting a 'pretest failed' message after my test reboot. The thing is, nothing actually fails, I get a password prompt from the boot loader, windows start correctly first time.

I'm using a samsung 1TB HDD with NTFS, AES encryption, 7 Pass US DoD 5220, default hash algorithm.

I'm really lost when it comes to looking at ways to by pass this but I do genuinely need my system encrypted.

enter image description here

Error message

user1080390

Posted 2012-08-28T20:54:06.990

Reputation:

This test is unrelated to AES or encryption. It's just a test whether the bootloader works, because you'd be (almost) SOL if it didn't after encrypting your system. – Daniel B – 2015-10-30T21:56:45.220

Were you using an algorithm other than AES? Please post a screenshot of the settings used. – Jim G. – 2012-08-28T22:59:05.070

I'm having the same problem and I can't find a single result on Google about how to troubleshoot the problem. – Apache – 2013-08-30T12:26:42.823

Ever find a solution to this? – crdx – 2014-03-11T11:30:42.653

Answers

1

had the same issue - turned out the problem was 100Mb boot partition - it was located on another HDD! I marked Windows partition as active, deleted that other one - and everything worked well.

avs099

Posted 2012-08-28T20:54:06.990

Reputation: 277

This only works if there's a copy of the Windows Boot Manager installed. bcdboot is an all-in-one command to install it. – Daniel B – 2015-10-30T21:58:48.960

Asked: 2012-08-28T20:54:06.990

Viewed: 1 070 times

Active: 2015-10-30T21:52:14.323