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If you want to close the volume and make files stored on it inaccessible, either restart your
operating system or dismount the volume. To do so, follow these steps:
Select the volume from the list of mounted volumes in the main VeraCrypt window (marked with a
red rectangle in the screenshot above) and then click Dismount (also marked with a red rectangle
in the screenshot above). To make files stored on the volume accessible again, you will have to
mount the volume. To do so, repeat Steps 13-18.
How to Create and Use a VeraCrypt-Encrypted Partition/Device
Instead of creating file containers, you can also encrypt physical partitions or drives (i.e., create
VeraCrypt device-hosted volumes). To do so, repeat the steps 1-3 but in the step 3 select the
second or third option. Then follow the remaining instructions in the wizard. When you create a
device-hosted VeraCrypt volume within a non-system partition/drive, you can mount it by clicking
Auto-Mount Devices in the main VeraCrypt window. For information pertaining to encrypted system
partition/drives, see the chapter System Encryption.
Important: We strongly recommend that you also read the other chapters of this manual, as
they contain important information that has been omitted in this tutorial for simplicity.