On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:18:37 -0700, "Bender"
<imnotgivingmynametoa@machine.net> wrote:
Look in Disk Management and check if your boot partition ( Usually S
drive ) still designated as "active".
Just guessing..
<span style="color:blue">
>I used the Group Policy editor to enable BitLocker on my old Pentium 4
>system, without a TPM.
>Perhaps that is an area to investigate.
>To start it run "gpedit.msc"
>Then expand the "Administrative Templates", Windows Components, and select
>BitLocker Drive Encryption.
>You can then explore the various options in the right panel.
>
>"Baldboy" <Baldboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:9B5942ED-412C-4217-8EC7-16D6E5BAC0F8@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green">
>> Thank you. Bitlocker is indeed still active. It is, however, disabled.
>> When
>> you turn Bitlocker off for an encypted drive, you gte the choice to
>> decrypt
>> the drive or simply turn bitlocker off. Turning Bitlocker off leaves the
>> drive encrypted but with a password available in plain text - without a
>> passphrase. That way, you can just turn it on again quickly.
>>
>> If you have a change in your boot configuration, you will be asked on boot
>> to enter the key. This will happen every time you reboot. You "tell"
>> Bitlocker that the change is authorised by turning it off for the drive
>> and
>> then turning it on again.
>>
>> In my case, I turned it off, but cannot turn it on again. Now I cannot
>> decrypt the drive, as the option to do that only occurs when you turn it
>> off.
>> So I have an encrypted drive with a plain text password - no protection.
>>
>> I can't turn Bitlocker on, because it says that my system is not
>> configured
>> to use it. Clearly my system is configured to use it as I have the
>> encrypted
>> drive.
>>
>> Is there anybody out there who's an expert in this matter?
>>
>> It is clarly a software bug as it shouldn't be possible for Bitlocker to
>> be
>> operating and at the same time saying that it can't operate.
>>
>> "Bender" wrote:
>><span style="color:darkred">
>>> If you have been using BitLocker, did you have a drive encrypted? If you
>>> did
>>> and you can see the drive then BitLocker is still active. You would have
>>> to
>>> unencrypt a drive first to access a drive without BitLocker.
>>>
>>> "Baldboy" <Baldboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:6A2A8686-193C-42A9-8620-B1745E76206E@microsoft.com...
>>> > I have been using bitlocker on a Sony Vaio - with TPM. Yesterday
>>> > someone
>>> > used
>>> > my PC to check an XP installation CD. They booted from the CD and when
>>> > they
>>> > reached the setup screen, they exited. After that I had to enter my key
>>> > as
>>> > I
>>> > booted the PC - indicating that bitlocker had detected a change. The
>>> > way
>>> > to
>>> > stop having to do that is to turn bitlocker off and then on again.
>>> > I turned bitlocker off, but when I went to turn it one again, it tells
>>> > me
>>> > that my system is not configured to use Bitlocker. It tells me to
>>> > remove
>>> > any
>>> > bootable CD or DVD and reboot and if that doesn't help to upgrade my
>>> > BIOS.
>>> > There are no CDs or DVDs and my BIOS is the latest version - and was
>>> > working
>>> > yesterday with Bitlocker.
>>> > I am assuming that the XP instalation CD has in some way altered my
>>> > disk
>>> > drive so that it no longer appears to be configured to use Bitlocker.
>>> > I have run the Drive Preparation Tool, which reports my Drive as
>>> > prepared.
>>> > Any ideas?
>>> > </span></span></span>