Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Acer Aspire 5630. (Amongst others, but this is the one with most recent BSODs.) OS: Windows 10 Pro (32-bit) 16299.15 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @1.66GHz Motherboard: Acer Grapevine Memory: 4 GB, 3GB usable Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 Sound Card: High Definition Audio Device Monitor(s) Displays: Built-in display Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives: Hitachi HTS541212H9AT00 ATA Device Antivirus: Left as default/ Defender Other Info: It's old... originally bought with Win XP and upgraded OS a few times.
Is it possible to run chkdsk on a Bitlocker drive?
I would like to run chkdsk but as this is the system disk when it reboots will it be able to process if the drive is bitlockered?
Would I first have to decrypt?
We have a computer with Bitlocker (TPM) on it and I use Sophos to track the recovery key. Each time you use the recovery key it resets the key and tells Sophos the new key. We don't have the windows password to log on so we cannot change the boot...
I encrypted my entire drive, and everything went fine. I notice there is no preboot password though, it just uses my normal login screen password. My other older computers have Veracrypt on them. You can't do a thing with those until you enter the...
I am in the process of building a new PC. After updating the old existing Win 7 32 bit desktop to Win 10, can I do a clean Win 10 64 bit install on the new build and keep the old computer running while I install all the necessary programs and...