W10 Bitlocker error message

Question

I tried to enable Bitlocker for drive encryption on Windows10 Enterprise, on drive C, which is on a SSD. Drive C has the OS, boot is UEFI.

When trying to set up bitlocker I am facing with an error stating that:

"The path specified in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) for a BitLocker Dive Encryption integrity-protected application is incorrect. Please verify and correct your BCD settings and try again."

I opened a Command Prompt with admin rights, checked with diskpart which is the System partition, it was the Partition 2, the I entered:
bcdedit -set {bootmgr} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
bcdedit -set {memdiag} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2

Now I am receiving another error message when trying to set up bitlocker:

“The volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted.”

Sfc /scannow does not help.

Apart of this the computer works properly, it boots up, etc.

Rodolfo

Answer 1

Hi Rodolfo,

From this Microsoft document, we need to execute three bcdedit commands, I see you only executed two.
Error message when you try to run the BitLocker Drive Encryption program: "Cannot run"
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/error-message-when-you-try-to-run-the-bitlocker-drive-encryption-program-cannot-run-39e3c3f5-4f5f-242c-504a-ee55e5015eee

Luckily, situation is still optimistic now, your computer boot normally and nothing lost, that’s good.
In my opinion, in order to resolve issue completely, I suggest to back up your important data to other safe place then format SSD and clean install.
Your system partition may corrupt then lead to current situation. You know the System Reserved partition is essential if you want to use BitLocker drive encryption, which can’t function otherwise. Important boot files are also stored here by default, it usually needs 500 MB of space on Windows 10. The system partition is typically created during the Windows installation process, just before the installer allocates space for the main system partition.
Therefore, a clean install can resolve this issue, after reinstall complete, you could enable BitLocker normally.

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