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My question is kind of opposite of What GPT partition type GUID should I use for a VeraCrypt partition? and I don't like a solution like https://superuser.com/a/1438051/:

I have an USB stick consisting of two primary partitions, a "normal" one and an encrypted one (using veraCrypt). The stick uses MBR partitioning.

When I plug in the stick, Windows assigns a drive letter and prompts for formatting the partition. Obviously I don't want to format the partition, so I'd like to make Windows ignore the partition.

I used Linux to set the partition type to 0x1e ("Hidden W95 FAT16 (LBA)"), but that did not hide the partition from Windows 10.

Is there a way to make Windows ignore the encrypted partition?

I'm looking for a change to the stick, not for a change on Windows as I want to use the stick on multiple systems (Windows and Linux).

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  • I would be inclined to have 2 sticks. One encrypted and one not encrypted. Vastly easier.
    – anon
    Commented Nov 25, 2022 at 14:26
  • And then Windows will not suggest to format the encrypted one? Despite of that the first partition is only 1MB and it has only a README.txt file stating who is the legal owner of the stick ;-)
    – U. Windl
    Commented Nov 25, 2022 at 14:39
  • Do not insert the encrypted stick in a Windows machine. That was my point.
    – anon
    Commented Nov 25, 2022 at 14:43
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    Use an encrypted file (folder) rather than encrypted partition. You can put the encrypted data on any partition.
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Commented Nov 25, 2022 at 18:53
  • Just use any type that Windows doesn't use / recognize (e.g. 0x83).
    – Tom Yan
    Commented Nov 26, 2022 at 3:41

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When using "USB Drive Letter Manager" (USBDLM) you can add these lines to USBDLM.ini to prevent assigning a drive letter when the partition seems to contain random data (TrueCrypt) or when access to the partition is denied (ReadSharingViolation):

[DriveLetters]
DeviceType1=TrueCrypt
DeviceType2=ReadSharingViolation

See USBDLM Help on Configuration for details. Note that VeraCrypt is treated as TrueCrypt here.

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