To create new <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span> volumes, do so
outside of Tails. See the step-by-step guides by Security-in-a-Box: on
[VeraCrypt for Windows](https://securityinabox.org/en/tools/veracrypt/).

To create new <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span> volumes, do so
outside of Tails. See the step-by-step guides by Security-in-a-Box on
[VeraCrypt for Windows](https://securityinabox.org/en/tools/veracrypt/).

1. Choose
<span class="menuchoice">
<span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guisubmenu">Utilities</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guisubmenuitem">Unlock VeraCrypt Volumes</span></span>.

1. Choose
<span class="menuchoice">
<span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guisubmenu">Utilities</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guisubmenuitem">Unlock VeraCrypt Volumes</span></span>.

<span class="application">Unlock VeraCrypt Volumes</span> unlocks your volume.

<span class="application">Unlock VeraCrypt Volumes</span> unlocks your volume.

1. Choose
<span class="menuchoice">
<span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guisubmenu">Utilities</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guisubmenuitem">Disks</span></span>
to start the <span class="application">Disks</span> utility.

1. Choose
<span class="menuchoice">
<span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guisubmenu">Utilities</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guisubmenuitem">Disks</span></span>
to start the <span class="application">Disks</span> utility.

Otherwise, pPlug in the USB stick or the hard disk that you want to
unlock.

Plug in the USB stick or hard disk that you want to unlock.

If your partition or drive is on an internal hard diskWhen starting Tails, [[set up an administration password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]] when starting Tails.

When starting Tails, [[set up an administration password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]].

In the left pane, select the drive that corresponds to your USB stick or hard disk.

In the left pane, select the drive that corresponds to your hard disk.

It should have an <span class="guilabel">**Encrypted?</span>** label.

It should have an **Encrypted?** label.

Click the <span class="bold">[[!img lib/unlock.png alt="Unlock selected encrypted partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button in the right pane.

Click the [[!img lib/unlock.png alt="Unlock selected encrypted partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button in the right pane.

Click the <span class="bold">[[!img lib/media-playback-start.png alt="Mount selected partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button to mount the volume.

Click the [[!img lib/media-playback-start.png alt="Mount selected partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button to mount the volume.

Click on the <span class="filename">*/media/amnesia/*</span> link in the right pane to open the volume in the <span class="application">Files</span>*Files* browser.

Click on the */media/amnesia/* link in the right pane to open the volume in the *Files* browser.

In the sidebar of the <span class="application">Files</span>*Files* browser, click on the <span class="bold">[[!img lib/media-eject.png alt="Eject" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button on the label of the volume corresponding to your partitionyour *VeraCrypt* volume.

In the sidebar of the *Files* browser, click on the [[!img lib/media-eject.png alt="Eject" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button on the label of your *VeraCrypt* volume.