Odd bitlocker issue on multiple drives

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  • John_Lockwood
    PCHF Member
    • Jun 2017
    • 16

    #1

    Odd bitlocker issue on multiple drives

    Hello all,

    I am running the latest Windows 10 64bit. I tried to post my PC Parts Picker list, but the forums won’t let me. Marks it as spam.

    I’m running the Threadripper 1950x cpu with a gigabyte x399 Aorus gaming 7 board. 32 gigs of TridentZ ram from G.Skill.

    I am having an odd random issue. I have 6 internal hard drives on my machine. 3 SSD’s (two are M.2 - one Samsung 950 Pro @ 500GB, the other is WD 2tb and the 3rd is a WD 2TB Sata SSD), and 5 standard HDDs. I run a small project studio where I have people in and out all the time, so on 3 of my drives I have them Bitlocked so the can not be accessed by randoms.

    Sometimes, not all the time, I will go to unlock 1 of the 3 drives, or sometimes I’ll try and unlcok all of them, and I will put in my password to unlock it, go to open the drive and get a (drive letter) not accessible/ The parameter is incorrect." Sometimes I can unlock all the drives with no issues, sometimes 2 of the drives will unlock but not the third (in no order). Sometimes all of them unlock. It seems to happen at random. Once I do a system reboot, I can usually unlock the drives without issues.

    Is there something that I can look into to what could be causing this? Like I said, its at random and doesn’t happen all the time. Sometimes all the drives have issues when I try and unlock them, sometimes only one or two do it. Mix and match kind of deal. I have the latest Windows 10 installed. This happened before and after I did a recent fresh Windows install.

    I have Hard Disk Sentinel rubbing at all times where it says everything is fine on all drives, and nothing is overclocked. 2 of the drives are recently new.

    Any advice or possible tips would be appreciated. Thanks!
  • veeg
    PCHF Director
    • Jul 2016
    • 8977

    #2
    Hello

    Hopefully some of our members will chime in soon..

    @Bruce @gus jmarket

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    • jmarket
      PCHF Owner
      • Jan 2015
      • 7636

      #3
      Hi there @John Lockwood

      Have you tried updating your SATA drivers? The first thing to do is update your SATA/AHCI drivers.

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      • John_Lockwood
        PCHF Member
        • Jun 2017
        • 16

        #4
        Hey thanks for the reply!

        The SATA drivers I have installed are the latest ones on my motherboards support list. So ill assuming they are updated.

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        • veeg
          PCHF Director
          • Jul 2016
          • 8977

          #5
          Any updates for us?

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          • jmarket
            PCHF Owner
            • Jan 2015
            • 7636

            #6
            Sorry for the delay in response @John Lockwood

            Usually the culprit is having mechanical + SSD + M.2 drives all together. Usually BitLocker works best with 2 types of drives (SSD + HDD)

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            • John_Lockwood
              PCHF Member
              • Jun 2017
              • 16

              #7
              Originally posted by jmarket
              Sorry for the delay in response @John Lockwood

              Usually the culprit is having mechanical + SSD + M.2 drives all together. Usually BitLocker works best with 2 types of drives (SSD + HDD)
              Thanks jmarket for the reply. Is this just a bug? Or basoc conflict? Is this nothing to really worry about? It’s a small annoyance to have to have to reboot my system when it happens, but as long as it is not going to cause issues with the data on my drives, I can live with it.

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              • jmarket
                PCHF Owner
                • Jan 2015
                • 7636

                #8
                It is a bug indeed Nothing to worry about, just a limitation with BL

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                • John_Lockwood
                  PCHF Member
                  • Jun 2017
                  • 16

                  #9
                  Thanks for the replies and the info! I’ll go about my business with it then

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                  • veeg
                    PCHF Director
                    • Jul 2016
                    • 8977

                    #10
                    Shall we close your thread then? If there is no more questions?

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                    • John_Lockwood
                      PCHF Member
                      • Jun 2017
                      • 16

                      #11
                      No more questions. Thanks guys! Go ahead and close it!

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