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-rw-r--r--src/Common/Format.c29
-rw-r--r--src/Common/Language.xml1
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/Common/Format.c b/src/Common/Format.c
index 4363f474..f34ee39b 100644
--- a/src/Common/Format.c
+++ b/src/Common/Format.c
@@ -400,14 +400,31 @@ begin_format:
}
if (speedupFileCreation)
{
- // accelerate file creation by telling Windows not to fill all file content with zeros
- // this has security issues since it will put existing disk content into file container
- // We use this mechanism only when switch /fastCreateFile specific and when quick format
- // also specified and which is documented to have security issues.
- // we don't check returned status because failure is not issue for us
- SetFileValidData (dev, volumeSize.QuadPart);
+ if (!SetPrivilege(SE_MANAGE_VOLUME_NAME, TRUE))
+ {
+ DWORD dwLastError = GetLastError();
+ if (Silent || (MessageBoxW(hwndDlg, GetString ("ADMIN_PRIVILEGES_WARN_MANAGE_VOLUME"), lpszTitle, MB_YESNO | MB_ICONWARNING | MB_DEFBUTTON2) == IDNO))
+ {
+ SetLastError(dwLastError);
+ nStatus = ERR_OS_ERROR;
+ goto error;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // accelerate file creation by telling Windows not to fill all file content with zeros
+ // this has security issues since it will put existing disk content into file container
+ // We use this mechanism only when switch /fastCreateFile specific and when quick format
+ // also specified and which is documented to have security issues.
+ // we don't check returned status because failure is not issue for us
+ if (!SetFileValidData (dev, volumeSize.QuadPart))
+ {
+ nStatus = ERR_OS_ERROR;
+ goto error;
+ }
+ }
}
if (SetFilePointer (dev, 0, NULL, FILE_BEGIN) != 0)
{
diff --git a/src/Common/Language.xml b/src/Common/Language.xml
index 8d6fb7ab..7c001179 100644
--- a/src/Common/Language.xml
+++ b/src/Common/Language.xml
@@ -388,8 +388,9 @@
<entry lang="en" key="ACCESS_DENIED">Error: Access denied.\n\nThe partition you are trying to access is either 0 sectors long, or it is the boot device.</entry>
<entry lang="en" key="ADMINISTRATOR">Administrator</entry>
<entry lang="en" key="ADMIN_PRIVILEGES_DRIVER">In order to load the VeraCrypt driver, you need to be logged into an account with administrator privileges.</entry>
<entry lang="en" key="ADMIN_PRIVILEGES_WARN_DEVICES">Please note that in order to encrypt, decrypt or format a partition/device you need to be logged into an account with administrator privileges.\n\nThis does not apply to file-hosted volumes.</entry>
+ <entry lang="en" key="ADMIN_PRIVILEGES_WARN_MANAGE_VOLUME">Unable to activate fast file creation: Administrator privileges required.\nPlease relaunch the program as an Administrator to enable this feature.\n\nWould you like to proceed without fast file creation?</entry>
<entry lang="en" key="ADMIN_PRIVILEGES_WARN_HIDVOL">In order to create a hidden volume you need to be logged into an account with administrator privileges.\n\nContinue?</entry>
<entry lang="en" key="ADMIN_PRIVILEGES_WARN_NTFS">Please note that in order to format the volume as NTFS/exFAT/ReFS you need to be logged into an account with administrator privileges.\n\nWithout administrator privileges, you can format the volume as FAT.</entry>
<entry lang="en" key="AES_HELP">FIPS-approved cipher (Rijndael, published in 1998) that may be used by U.S. government departments and agencies to protect classified information up to the Top Secret level. 256-bit key, 128-bit block, 14 rounds (AES-256). Mode of operation is XTS.</entry>
<entry lang="en" key="ALREADY_MOUNTED">Volume is already mounted.</entry>