In this step you need to choose whether to create a standard or hidden VeraCrypt volume. In this tutorial, we will choose the former option and create a standard VeraCrypt volume. As the option is selected by default, you can just click Next. In this step you have to specify where you wish the VeraCrypt volume (file container) to be created. Note that a VeraCrypt container is just like any normal file. It can be, for example, moved or deleted as any normal file. It also needs a filename, which you will choose in the next step. VERACRYPT TUTORIAL WINDOWSThe standard Windows file selector should appear (while the window of the VeraCrypt Volume Creation Wizard remains open in the background). In this tutorial, we will create our VeraCrypt volume in the folder D:\My Documents\ 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. 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 filename in the File name box. The file selector window should disappear. In the following steps, we will return to the VeraCrypt Volume Creation Wizard. * Note that after you copy existing unencrypted files to a VeraCrypt volume, you should securely erase (wipe) the original unencrypted files. VERACRYPT TUTORIAL SOFTWAREThere are software tools that can be used for the purpose of secure erasure (many of them are free). In the Volume Creation Wizard window, click Next. Here you can choose an encryption algorithm and a hash algorithm for the volume. If you are not sure what to select here, you can use the default settings and click Next (for more information, see chapters Encryption Algorithms and Hash Algorithms). Here we specify that we wish the size of our VeraCrypt container to be 250 megabyte. You may, of course, specify a different size. After you type the desired size in the input field (marked with a red rectangle), click Next. Here you have to choose a good volume password. Read carefully the information displayed in the Wizard window about what is considered a good password. After you choose a good password, type it in the first input field. Then re-type it in the input field below the first one and click Next. Note: The button Next will be disabled until passwords in both input fields are the same.
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