parasakachester
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[FONT="]Need help with Bitlocker encrypted fixed drive (non OS ) on primary partition Windows 7 64bit Ultimate.
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[FONT="]Drive D is encrypted however from last few days the lock icon displayed on the drive is missing and it is being displayed as unknown file system (Bitlocker Encrypted) in diskmgmt.
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[FONT="]While try to open the drive getting error location is not available & access denied , no option to unlock it through right click . Only I can unlock it via opening bitlocker from control panel or through elevated cmd manage-bde -unlock D:[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Tried All scenarios.[/FONT]
[FONT="]1. Unlock and then lock it again(reboot + shutdown).[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. Restarted the bitlocker service.[/FONT]
[FONT="]3. tried changing the drive letter .[/FONT]
[FONT="]4. Unlock + disk defrag .[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. no suspend or resume option available for drive in bitlocker settings.[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. Run chkdsk /f /r also, no issues reported.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Issue remains same no icons display for unlock or lock drive , no right lick option to unlock & getting same above error while double click on a drive . However I have checked it still shows drive as encrypted so it's mean encryption is sill running fine.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Drive D is encrypted however from last few days the lock icon displayed on the drive is missing and it is being displayed as unknown file system (Bitlocker Encrypted) in diskmgmt.
[/FONT]
[FONT="]While try to open the drive getting error location is not available & access denied , no option to unlock it through right click . Only I can unlock it via opening bitlocker from control panel or through elevated cmd manage-bde -unlock D:[/FONT]
[FONT="]
[/FONT]
[FONT="]Tried All scenarios.[/FONT]
[FONT="]1. Unlock and then lock it again(reboot + shutdown).[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. Restarted the bitlocker service.[/FONT]
[FONT="]3. tried changing the drive letter .[/FONT]
[FONT="]4. Unlock + disk defrag .[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. no suspend or resume option available for drive in bitlocker settings.[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. Run chkdsk /f /r also, no issues reported.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Issue remains same no icons display for unlock or lock drive , no right lick option to unlock & getting same above error while double click on a drive . However I have checked it still shows drive as encrypted so it's mean encryption is sill running fine.[/FONT]
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz 2cores.
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- CPU
- Intel Pentium D 925
- Motherboard
- Intel DG965RY
- Memory
- DDR2 3 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Onboard 384 MB
- Sound Card
- Onboard 2.1
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1 22"
- Hard Drives
- Primary Partition OS drive 250 gb 2 partitions (C,D) Seagate
1 TB Seagate
1 TB Seagate
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless Combo Kit
- Internet Speed
- 2 MBPS