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EncryptedVhdBoot v1.0.0

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@reordo reordo released this 06 Sep 01:06
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v1.0.0
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Initial release of Encrypted VHD Boot Bridge, an x64 UEFI compatibility bridge for booting VeraCrypt system-encrypted Windows VHDs through Ventoy's native Windows VHD boot path.

Highlights:

  • Windows 10 and Windows 11 x64 support through structural VHD1 parser discovery rather than a version allowlist.
  • Boot-tested with Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019, 1909 Pro, 21H2 Pro, 22H2 Pro, and Windows 11 25H2 Pro.
  • Fixed and dynamic VHD1 disks, unencrypted fallback, default/custom VeraCrypt PIM, and multiple encryption/hash combinations.
  • Windows 11 preparation instructions include fully removing BitLocker/device encryption before VeraCrypt system encryption.

Installation:

  1. Keep a backup of the original Ventoy image.
  2. Copy ventoy_vhdboot_encrypted.img to /ventoy/ventoy_vhdboot.img on the Ventoy data partition.
  3. Boot in x64 UEFI mode with Secure Boot disabled and select the VHD.

Important: this is unsigned, experimental, security-sensitive pre-boot software and has not received an independent security audit. Test only with recoverable VHD copies and keep current backups.

The complete source archive includes all pinned source dependencies needed by this project. GitHub's automatically generated source archives contain only submodule links; use EncryptedVhdBoot-v1.0.0-source.zip for the self-contained source bundle. The prebuilt image is derived from the official Ventoy vhdiso Win10Based v3.0 image and contains the same third-party Microsoft boot files as that upstream image. See NOTICE, SOURCE.txt, and the embedded /EVB notices for provenance and applicable terms.

SHA-256:

6b80e47a28f19029e995d7c2acfecac9815caa99b5512acd49b798273f0a5daa  ventoy_vhdboot_encrypted.img
682d7c41f650c179d041f83ad9cc1f8a527c4cc365ecdef0425a410a9acd8983  EncryptedVhdBoot-v1.0.0-source.zip
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