From 25c4d3efa18be57435ac2f22bf2cf44b8634fbf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mounir IDRASSI Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:02:57 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Update Beginner's Tutorial to use "MyVolume.hc" instead of "My Volume" for file container name in order to avoid confusion about nature of file nature for beginners who expect a file to always have an extension (cf https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/issues/663) Update screenshots to reflect changes in VeraCrypt UI --- doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html') diff --git a/doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html b/doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html index 454f1ed1..d127b993 100644 --- a/doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html +++ b/doc/html/Beginner's Tutorial.html @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ The standard Windows file selector should appear (while the window of the VeraCr



In this tutorial, we will create our VeraCrypt volume in the folder F:\Data\ -and the filename of the volume (container) will be My Volume (as can be seen in the screenshot above). You may, of course, choose any other filename and location you like (for example, on a USB memory stick). Note that the file -My Volume does not exist yet – VeraCrypt will create it.

+and the filename of the volume (container) will be MyVolume.hc (as can be seen in the screenshot above). You may, of course, choose any other filename and location you like (for example, on a USB memory stick). Note that the file +MyVolume.hc does not exist yet – VeraCrypt will create it.

IMPORTANT: Note that VeraCrypt will not encrypt any existing files (when creating a VeraCrypt file container). If you select an existing file in this step, it will be overwritten and replaced by the newly created volume (so the overwritten file will be lost, not encrypted). You will be able to encrypt existing files (later on) by moving them to the VeraCrypt volume that we are creating now.*

Select the desired path (where you wish the container to be created) in the file selector. Type the desired container file name in the @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Move your mouse as randomly as possible within the Volume Creation Wizard window
Click Format.

-Volume creation should begin. VeraCrypt will now create a file called My Volume +Volume creation should begin. VeraCrypt will now create a file called MyVolume.hc 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:

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