And that’s it, you can now eject the flash drive, all the content in will stay encrypted.įrom now on, whenever you want to read the content of the flash drive on any computer, you need to first install Veracrypt on that computer and only then you’ll see the screen to enter the unlock password. Once you have encrypted your drive, you can add files and folders to it. This will erase everything you have on the drive, make sure that you have no data on your USB drive.

How VeraCrypt Worksįirst, you need to insert the pen drive in your computer and format it with Veracrypt. Besides from the that, VeraCrypt supports hardware-acceleration and real-time encryption. Using VeraCrypt you can encrypt system partitions, regular partitions or removable devices, create hidden encrypted containers and operating system, and create virtual encrypted disks. VeraCrypt is a free, open source, and cross-platform application to encrypt files, folders, and drives.

How to open a USB drive Encrypted with Veracrypt on other computers.

Encrypting external hard drive