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Protection of Hidden Volumes Against Damage
If you mount a VeraCrypt volume within which there is a hidden volume, you may read data stored
on the (outer) volume without any risk. However, if you (or the operating system) need to save data
to the outer volume, there is a risk that the hidden volume will get damaged (overwritten). To
prevent this, you should protect the hidden volume in a way described in this section.
When mounting an outer volume, type in its password and before clicking OK, click Mount Options:
In the Mount Options dialog window, enable the option Protect hidden volume against damage
caused by writing to outer volume ‘. In the Password to hidden volume input field, type the
password for the hidden volume. Click OK and, in the main password entry dialog, click OK.
Both passwords must be correct; otherwise, the outer volume will not be mounted. When hidden
volume protection is enabled, VeraCrypt does not actually mount the hidden volume. It only
decrypts its header (in RAM) and retrieves information about the size of the hidden volume (from
the decrypted header). Then, the outer volume is mounted and any attempt to save data to the
area of the hidden volume will be rejected (until the outer volume is dismounted). Note that
VeraCrypt never modifies the filesystem (e.g., information about allocated clusters, amount
of free space, etc.) within the outer volume in any way. As soon as the volume is
dismounted, the protection is lost. When the volume is mounted again, it is not possible to
determine whether the volume has used hidden volume protection or not. The hidden
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