Veracrypt 1.26.15 | Windows 10 22H2 (19045.2965) | Windows system encryption pre-test fail

[InfiniteBSOD]

Hello,

Tried to setup a Windows system encryption on my Windows 10 (see below) machine. When running the pre-test I get prompted for the password and PIM and after entering the password I see the following:

Password: *
PIM (Leave empty for default):
Authorizing...
Success
Start 0 122683392 len 0

Can't open start partition 30b6eb8b-cdd0-4902-909a-e3c7db6cea5b

Status - Device Error

When I use the recovery disk and select the option to use the Windows bootloader I am able to get into the system and receive a pop-up that the pre-test failed.

Information about the EFI-partition:

GUID                                    Offset      Size
----                                    ------      ----
{30b6eb8b-cdd0-4902-909a-e3c7db6cea5b} 1048576 104857600

Mounting the "EFI"-partition using "WinEFIMounter" and browsing it:

\EFI\
├───Microsoft
├───Boot
└───VeraCrypt

Secure boot is off. The SSD is a 2.5" Samsung 840 EVO which is completely nuked and have a fresh install of Windows 10.

Expected behavior

That the pre-test will succeed.

Observed behavior

See above

Steps to reproduce

See above

Screenshots

N/A

Your Environment

Please tell us more about your environment

VeraCrypt version: 1.26.15

Operating system and version: Windows 10 22H2 (19045.2965)

System type: 64-bit