Running Chkdsk on a Bitlocker system drive

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?


V1909 18363.1316

So the encryption key survives the boot?


Did you suspend Bitlocker, just asking?



If chkdsk doesn't find anything I was going to run a repair install. For that process the tutorial says suspend or shut off. Being a Bitlocker user have you done a repair install and if you did a repair install did you just suspend or did you shut off?

I did run sfc /scan now and it found and repaired corrupt files. Ran again and all clean.


Thanks again

Also there's a way to suspend bitlocker for a specific number of reboots (default = 1). If you check the man page for the bitlocker commands it's in there somewhere. Ah yes, it's called "suspend-bitlocker" -- check this out: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...?view=win10-ps
--Ed--

Thanks Ed.

If I don't have to suspend I won't but I know for repair install I must.

I think for a repair install I would "zero" as Im not exactly sure how many reboots it would do and zero seems to just permanent suspend it.

Have you run chkdsk on bitlocker drive?

Very cool.


Appreciate the extra effort.


Just completed a Macrium and tested boot key.


Now to take the plunge.

Chkdsk ran, now I'll try Repair Install.

This thread is closed, you can run chkdsk on on Bitlockered drive.


Thanks