Bitlocker encryption hangs windows 10

Question

Some time ago I started the Bitlocker encryption, but it not succeed, but stucks at 76,2% on the C: drive. As I wanted to reset the Computer it does not work because of that. Reseting the TPM havn`t helped either. What can I do to either reset the PC adequatly or to stop the encryption? Thanks for your suggestions

Answer 1

Hi There!

To stop or pause the bitlocker encryption, from an elevated (Run as administrator) powershell or command prompt window, you can use the manage-bde tool.

To get the current status of the drive and the encryption, the command would be manage-bde -status <drive letter>.

Example: manage-bde -status c:

To pause the encryption you can use the command of manage-bde -pause <drive letter>.
To resume the encryption you can use the command of manage-bde -resume <drive letter>.
To turn off bitlocker encryption you can use the command of manage-bde -off <drive letter>.

Hope this helps you!

Answer 2

Hi there,

Better late than never, I hope. I had exactly the same problem, which occurred because I resized the partition during Bitlocker decryption. I was also unable to resume decryption after successfully pausing using manage-bde.

The solution I found was to resize the partition back to what it was before I made the change using disk manager, and then to resume decryption using manage-bde -resume. It worked! Hopefully it will work for you too.

Answer 3

Hey, few days back i experienced something similar and mine was stuck on 75.6% and I've successfully recovered all my data and also made a video for reference.
Here's the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW6VKck7JXA&t=25s