Windows Repair/Repair Console

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Kpayton09 wrote:

We've noticed after encrypting Hard Drives that we can no longer run a windows repair via the Windows CD.

Therefore no way to do a CHKDSK via the repair console.

Any light on this?

Thanks all

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Hi Kpayton09,

obviously the Windows CD does not work for repair, because your hard disk is encrypted. Windows does not have access to the encrypted sectors.

If you want to use CHKDSK I propose the following workaround: Create a "virtual client" (which is a Windows PE with SGN challenge/response logon); I am not sure if the Windows PE contains CHKDSK already but it would be easy to add it. With this tool you can start an encrypted computer with this CD, logon by using challenge/response, and call CHKDSK afterwards.

For instructions how to create the "virtual client" CD, please refer to the manual and use the script provided in our installation packages.

Hope this helps you.

With compliments,

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Kpayton09 wrote:

We've noticed after encrypting Hard Drives that we can no longer run a windows repair via the Windows CD.

Therefore no way to do a CHKDSK via the repair console.

Any light on this?

Thanks all

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Hi Kpayton09,

obviously the Windows CD does not work for repair, because your hard disk is encrypted. Windows does not have access to the encrypted sectors.

If you want to use CHKDSK I propose the following workaround: Create a "virtual client" (which is a Windows PE with SGN challenge/response logon); I am not sure if the Windows PE contains CHKDSK already but it would be easy to add it. With this tool you can start an encrypted computer with this CD, logon by using challenge/response, and call CHKDSK afterwards.

For instructions how to create the "virtual client" CD, please refer to the manual and use the script provided in our installation packages.

Hope this helps you.

With compliments,