Odd bitlocker error
exampasser
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Ever since I reformatted a drive my boot time is longer and I get this message:
error 24620
Encrypted volume check: Volume information on \\?\Volume{1ba4f229-2b46-11df-85cd-806e6f6e6963} cannot be read.
The thing is I don't even use Bitlocker, running Windows 7 pro.
error 24620
Encrypted volume check: Volume information on \\?\Volume{1ba4f229-2b46-11df-85cd-806e6f6e6963} cannot be read.
The thing is I don't even use Bitlocker, running Windows 7 pro.
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exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□I don't even think you can use bitlocker on Windows 7 Pro!
Exactly, it doesn't make much sense why it would be running on boot. -
tiersten Member Posts: 4,505Is the BitLocker service enabled?
The error isn't that you've got encrypted volumes but that the BitLocker service is trying to check all of your volumes to see if they're encrypted and failing. This is normally because its trying to read a flash card reader or something like that.
And whilst BitLocker isn't enabled in W7 Pro it is still part of the install. -
exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□The BitLocker service is not running, it's just set to manual in services.
I'm assuming that I can safely set it to disabled? -
exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□Well I set it to disabled and I still got the error when I rebooted.
UPDATE: I did find \?\Volume{1ba4f229-2b46-11df-85cd-806e6f6e6963} in the registry under mounted devices. -
exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□chopsticks wrote: »Did you also check on your bios for feature relating to bitlock ?
There is no such option in the BIOS. -
exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□Deleting it out of the registry mounted volumes key has failed as it just comes back with a new id ("data" remains the same though)
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chopsticks Member Posts: 389exampasser wrote: »Deleting it out of the registry mounted volumes key has failed as it just comes back with a new id ("data" remains the same though)
Sorry pal, I'm not certified to help on this issue at the moment, I hope other members will be able to assist you though ... -
NinjaBoy Member Posts: 968Can you go into event viewer and see if there are any more detailed error logs/messages there please, then list them.
Also, what (if any) backup software are you using?
-Ken -
exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□Can you go into event viewer and see if there are any more detailed error logs/messages there please, then list them.
Also, what (if any) backup software are you using?
-Ken
The source of the event is bitlocker-driver -
exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□With the mountvol command I have found out that the partition that bitlocker is trying to read from is the 100 MB system reserved partition.
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exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□I found a bitlocker filter driver in device manager, yes I can kill the beast! I disabled it booted up and got BSOD so I had to run last known good configuration. In this case this particular cure was worst than the disease.
I should mention that the reserved partition is not mounted by default which has not been a problem in the past. -
exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□I also noticed that I cannot change options on the boot options tab of msconfig (was able to before) I did temporarily mount the system reserved partition but I could not see anything (I did select show hidden files and protected operating system file with no luck)
I should also mention that I did run the WD align utility to make sure that my EARS drive was setup properly around the time my problems started occurring, I tried system restore but for some reason it just doesn't want to work. -
exampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□I fixed it! Well kinda . . .
I simply kept the system volume mounted and rebooted, now the boot tab works in msconfig, no more error messages and I'm back to a 30 sec boot time (after BIOS/RAID). I know that it should not have to be mounted, but I'd rather do this than reinstall windows.