You can use BitLocker’s drive encryption even if you don’t have a TPM chip. Keep reading →

When you try to completely restore a Windows Vista-based computer by using Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), the operation may not be successful. This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:

• You try to restore from a backup that was created by using the Complete PC Backup option.
• WinRE is installed on the boot volume that is marked as an active partition.
• The hard disk drive is encrypted by using BitLocker Drive Encryption.

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This could be useful if you want to test BitLocker before unleashing it on your machine, or if you want to do some screen captures of the process. Keep reading →

Consider the following scenario. In Windows Vista, you configure Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption to use a key that is stored on a USB device. You then disconnect the USB device when the computer is in hibernation. In this scenario, you may receive the following error message when the computer resumes from hibernation:

BitLocker Drive Encryption key needed.
Please insert key storage media.
Then press ESC to reboot.

When you receive this error message, you must restart the computer.

Consider the following scenario. On a Windows Vista-based computer, you configure the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature to encrypt a volume or to decrypt a volume. Then, you restart the computer in Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) or in Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE). In this scenario, you unexpectedly experience heavy disk activity.

When you try to run the BitLocker Drive Encryption program, you receive the following error message in a BitLocker Drive Encryption Error dialog box:

Cannot run.
The path specified in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) for a BitLocker Drive Encryption integrity-protected application is incorrect. Please verify and correct your BCD settings and try again.

When you try to run the BitLocker Drive Encryption program on a Windows Vista Ultimate-based computer, the program may become unresponsive. Specifically, the % Completed value in the BDE dialog box does not continue to progress.

When you try to use Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows Vista, you may receive the following error message:

The drive configuration is unsuitable for BitLocker Drive Encryption. To use BitLocker, please re-partition your hard drive according to the BitLocker requirements.

After you enable the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature in Windows Vista, you may receive a “Stop 0×0000007E” error message that resembles the following:

STOP 0×0000007E (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED