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But again: There has never been a backup header in your case.

Ok this is a surprise to me
from the veracrypt manual
each volume created by VeraCrypt (except system partitions) contains an embedded backup header, located at the end of the volume.
https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Program%20Menu.html ...

Do you tried http://testcrypt.sourceforge.net/ ?

Hey thanks for the suggestion,
i actually found that tool today when searching for solutions,
in the thread i found about it i learned testcypt apparently was built for Truecrypt, & needs be modified to be compatible with veracrypt.
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I too am trying to recover my Veracrypt partition.
Windows 7 setup wrote an mbr partition to one of my RAID 0 drives instead of my SSD (yes i should have disconnected them :oops: )
Have rebuilt the array
But still cant decrypt drive
Have tried to use "restore volume header"

People ALWAYS SAY ...

This might be the trickiest recovery yet lads.. :shock:

2 x 4TB SATA drives in RAID 0
Full drive encryption via Veracrypt (with hidden partition)
Password is known
Encryption (AES)
hash ( SHA-512)

Two bits of BAD luck happened
1. motherboard DIED randomly
2. When reinstalling win7 to an NVMe ...