Windows 10: BitLocker can't enable encryption on secondary internal SSD

I've put my 4-TB SSD into my new laptop. It's a secondary drive mainly for back-ups and media.It was previously encrypted, but I turned off BitLocker / decrypted, so that I could start afresh with the new hardware. This process apparently completed successfully.Unfortunately, I'm getting the following error when trying to turn BitLocker on again:"BitLocker can't enable encryption on this hardware encrypting drive volume because the drive bands couldn't be enumerated."Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks!

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BitLocker encryption on Internal SSD drives?

I always enable BitLocker so that the ENTIRE SSD DRIVE is encrypted.

My question is, does it really matter if I turn on BitLocker encryption before or after adding my data onto the Internal SSD drive of my laptop?

I also use TPM with pre-boot PIN.

 

BitLocker encryption on Internal SSD drives?

Looking for an answer and getting the right answer are two different things.

And I can't speak for "other" encryption tools, but YOU CAN encrypt a drive with BitLocker that already has data on it without issue. Going with personal experience; and I'm not the only one. Anyway....

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...quirements-faq (under "How does BitLocker work")

Nothing suggests the drive needs to be data free to use BitLocker nor are there suggestions to do so. Regardless do what makes you feel comfortable.

Good luck *Smile

 

BitLocker cannot encrypt secondary fixed drive

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T480 with two NVMe SSDs. Both have been encrypted with BitLocker for years.

Recently I had to send the laptop for repairs and they replaced the motherboard and reset the device and thus the drives. Once I got it back, I restored the drives from my Acronis True Image 2020 backup images. The OS booted back to its original state before the hardware repair. Unsurprisingly, the drives lost their encrypted state.

When attempting to re-encrypt the system drive, BitLocker threw an error "The system cannot find the file specified." I learnt that the file C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml may be corrupt and needs to be deleted. I found and renamed the files

• C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml
  
• C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent_Merged.xml1
  

and was able to get BitLocker to commence encrypting the system drive again.

However, there's another problem - the secondary drive D: is missing from the Fixed data drives list.





Neither can I right-click on it to initiate BitLocker from Windows Explorer context menu.

What should I do to get the system to re-recognise my secondary drive?