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Newbie Question: Will VeraCrypt delete my existing files with full-disk encryption?

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Hi all,
Apologies for a question that might seem dumb, but I'm not well-versed with system security and would like to start encrypting my files.

Main question:

Will VeraCrypt's full-disk encryption option delete my existing files on my external HDD partition?
I have a lot of personal files I want to secure, and full-disk encryption seems like a good idea. However, VeraCrypt doesn't make it very clear if encrypting my disk partition will delete the files already there. Will it do this?
Thanks!

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UPDATE: It does.

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