Operation Manual
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STEP 11:
Move your mouse as randomly as possible within the Volume Creation Wizard window at least for
30 seconds. The longer you move the mouse, the better. This significantly increases the
cryptographic strength of the encryption keys (which increases security).
Click Format.
Volume creation should begin. VeraCrypt will now create a file called My Volume in the folder
F:\Data\ (as we specified in Step 6). This file will be a VeraCrypt container (it will contain
the
encrypted VeraCrypt volume). Depending on the size of the volume, the volume creation may
take a long time. After it finishes, the following dialog box will appear:
Click OK to close the dialog box.