Windows 10: Can I shut down my PC while BitLocker is encrypting?

Discus and support Can I shut down my PC while BitLocker is encrypting? in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; What would happen if my computer shuts down while BitLocker is encrypting my data partition drive? It takes ages! I am running Windows 10 Pro... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by javiergme, Jan 5, 2016.

  1. JAVIERGME
    javiergme Win User

    Can I shut down my PC while BitLocker is encrypting?


    What would happen if my computer shuts down while BitLocker is encrypting my data partition drive?
    It takes ages!
    I am running Windows 10 Pro

    Thank you very much in advance

    :)
     
    javiergme, Jan 5, 2016
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  2. MANISHDUTTA
    ManishDutta Win User

    Can I shut down my pc while the update centre in windows 10 downloads the updates?

    No my update was not killed when I turned off my PC when the updates where being downloaded. The Anniversary update is good but it has a lot of bugs in it. Thanks to the contact support they helped me a lot.
     
    ManishDutta, Jan 5, 2016
    #2
  3. LACRUMB
    lacrumb Win User
    Can I shut down my pc while the update centre in windows 10 downloads the updates?

    No. You might kill the update and you system.
     
    lacrumb, Jan 5, 2016
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  4. BERTON
    Berton Win User

    Can I shut down my PC while BitLocker is encrypting?

    Most any activity that is reading and writing data to the HDD can cause problems if not shut down before shutting the computer down. Most folks with similar activity to what you are doing will start it at a time they'll be away from the computer and just let it run. Shutting the computer down stops HDD activity and by extension any program using it. Suddenly stopping the computer in the middle of a process can cause data corruption and therefore loss.
     
    Berton, Jan 5, 2016
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  5. LX07
    lx07 Win User
    What @Berton said is not correct.

    If you want to shut down your PC go ahead. The encryption process will continue next boot.

    source
     
    lx07, Jan 5, 2016
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  6. FDEGROVE
    fdegrove Win User
    Hi,

    Guess he just didn't express himself very well. *Wink

    Short of a power outage , the computer will resume the encryption process. If it weren't the entire disk would be toast after a controlled shutdown.

    Cheers, *Wink
     
    fdegrove, Jan 5, 2016
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  7. LX07
    lx07 Win User
    Did you read the quote from MS above? "..even if the power is suddenly unavailable.."
     
    lx07, Jan 5, 2016
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  8. FDEGROVE
    fdegrove Win User

    Can I shut down my PC while BitLocker is encrypting?

    Hi,

    No, I did not truth be told. Good to see it's pretty foolproof then.

    Cheers, *Wink
     
    fdegrove, Jan 5, 2016
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  9. LX07
    lx07 Win User
    Has been for me. I've shut down during encryption and it has been OK.

    Can't say I've pulled the plug as I've always had laptops and you can't do that easily....
     
    lx07, Jan 5, 2016
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  10. JAVIERGME
    javiergme Win User
    Thank you very much for your answers.
    I decided to wait until Bitlocker finished.
     
    javiergme, Apr 5, 2018
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