Operation Manual

You can also browse to the mounted volume the way you normally browse to any other types of

volumes. For example, by opening the ‘Computer’ (or ‘My Computer’) list and double clicking the

corresponding drive letter (in this case, it is the letter M).

You can copy files (or folders) to and from the VeraCrypt volume just as you would copy them to

any normal disk (for example, by simple drag-and-drop operations). Files that are being read or

copied from the encrypted VeraCrypt volume are automatically decrypted on the fly in RAM

(memory). Similarly, files that are being written or copied to the VeraCrypt volume are automatically

encrypted on the fly in RAM (right before they are written to the disk).

Note that VeraCrypt never saves any decrypted data to a disk – it only stores them temporarily in

RAM (memory). Even when the volume is mounted, data stored in the volume is still encrypted.

When you restart Windows or turn off your computer, the volume will be dismounted and all files

stored on it will be inaccessible (and encrypted). Even when power supply is suddenly interrupted

(without proper system shut down), all files stored on the volume will be inaccessible (and

encrypted). To make them accessible again, you have to mount the volume. To do so, repeat

Steps 13-18.

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