Back up your file encryption key

After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to back up my
file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.

First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second, when I do
oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard where I'm then
asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is I have no
idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at all. What's
going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than ignore the
pop-up but I just don't get it!

Please help.

This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by going
through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive Enryption -
turn it off, then restart.

See if that helps )

--
Zack Whittaker
» ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
» MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
» Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
» This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
that up!

--: Original message follows :--
"Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
> After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to back up
> my
> file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
>
> First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second, when I do
> oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard where I'm
> then
> asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is I have
> no
> idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at all.
> What's
> going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than ignore the
> pop-up but I just don't get it!
>
> Please help.

BitLocker was not turned on. Thanks for the suggestion though. I haven't seen
this pop-up in the past few restarts. Knock on wood.

-Randy

"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

> This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by going
> through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive Enryption -
> turn it off, then restart.
>
> See if that helps )
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
> > After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to back up
> > my
> > file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
> >
> > First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second, when I do
> > oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard where I'm
> > then
> > asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is I have
> > no
> > idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at all.
> > What's
> > going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than ignore the
> > pop-up but I just don't get it!
> >
> > Please help.
>
>
>

Ok here's a question. So I have my 2 volumes and USB card and all stoked to
do the bit locker drive encryption deal. I go through the setup and store my
key on my USB card and then proceed to start encrypting my drive and it says
it can't. Is this because I am running RAID? If that's the case I can live
without bit encryption, I've done it for the bast 6 years running RAID. If
not, what's the problem? Any ideas? It's not hugely important to me, but
hey if I can use it and make things more secure I'm all for it.

"Randy" wrote:

> BitLocker was not turned on. Thanks for the suggestion though. I haven't seen
> this pop-up in the past few restarts. Knock on wood.
>
> -Randy
>
> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
> > This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by going
> > through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive Enryption -
> > turn it off, then restart.
> >
> > See if that helps )
> >
> > --
> > Zack Whittaker
> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> > that up!
> >
> > --: Original message follows :--
> > "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
> > > After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to back up
> > > my
> > > file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
> > >
> > > First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second, when I do
> > > oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard where I'm
> > > then
> > > asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is I have
> > > no
> > > idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at all.
> > > What's
> > > going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than ignore the
> > > pop-up but I just don't get it!
> > >
> > > Please help.
> >
> >
> >

Hi, this is an EFS (per file encryption) prompt and not related to BitLocker
(volume encryption). Not sure why you are getting this if you do not have
any files encrypted.
-
Jamie Hunter [MS]

"Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66F783AA-6F3D-43D1-A7DA-16F115DF9335@microsoft.com...
> BitLocker was not turned on. Thanks for the suggestion though. I haven't
> seen
> this pop-up in the past few restarts. Knock on wood.
>
> -Randy
>
> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
>> This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by going
>> through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive Enryption -
>> turn it off, then restart.
>>
>> See if that helps )
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not
>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
>>
>> --: Original message follows :--
>> "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
>> > After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to back
>> > up
>> > my
>> > file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
>> >
>> > First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second, when I
>> > do
>> > oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard where
>> > I'm
>> > then
>> > asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is I
>> > have
>> > no
>> > idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at all.
>> > What's
>> > going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than ignore the
>> > pop-up but I just don't get it!
>> >
>> > Please help.
>>
>>
>>

How are your 2 volumes configured?
Is the system partition (the one containing bootmgr) different to the OS
partition (the one containing the Windows directory) ?
Thanks
-
Jamie Hunter [MS]

"PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news3F63935-838A-4C0D-8076-8267FE0EAA2D@microsoft.com...
> Ok here's a question. So I have my 2 volumes and USB card and all stoked
> to
> do the bit locker drive encryption deal. I go through the setup and store
> my
> key on my USB card and then proceed to start encrypting my drive and it
> says
> it can't. Is this because I am running RAID? If that's the case I can
> live
> without bit encryption, I've done it for the bast 6 years running RAID.
> If
> not, what's the problem? Any ideas? It's not hugely important to me, but
> hey if I can use it and make things more secure I'm all for it.
>
> "Randy" wrote:
>
>> BitLocker was not turned on. Thanks for the suggestion though. I haven't
>> seen
>> this pop-up in the past few restarts. Knock on wood.
>>
>> -Randy
>>
>> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>>
>> > This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by going
>> > through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive
>> > Enryption -
>> > turn it off, then restart.
>> >
>> > See if that helps )
>> >
>> > --
>> > Zack Whittaker
>> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
>> > and not
>> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>> > cleared
>> > that up!
>> >
>> > --: Original message follows :--
>> > "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
>> > > After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to
>> > > back up
>> > > my
>> > > file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
>> > >
>> > > First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second, when I
>> > > do
>> > > oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard where
>> > > I'm
>> > > then
>> > > asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is I
>> > > have
>> > > no
>> > > idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at
>> > > all.
>> > > What's
>> > > going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than ignore
>> > > the
>> > > pop-up but I just don't get it!
>> > >
>> > > Please help.
>> >
>> >
>> >

Both are formatted with NTFS and both are the same size, but in a dual-boot
environment. Both partitions are primary drives for their OS's. Any hep is
appreaciated and thanks thus far!!

"Jamie Hunter [MS]" wrote:

> How are your 2 volumes configured?
> Is the system partition (the one containing bootmgr) different to the OS
> partition (the one containing the Windows directory) ?
> Thanks
> -
> Jamie Hunter [MS]
>
> "PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news3F63935-838A-4C0D-8076-8267FE0EAA2D@microsoft.com...
> > Ok here's a question. So I have my 2 volumes and USB card and all stoked
> > to
> > do the bit locker drive encryption deal. I go through the setup and store
> > my
> > key on my USB card and then proceed to start encrypting my drive and it
> > says
> > it can't. Is this because I am running RAID? If that's the case I can
> > live
> > without bit encryption, I've done it for the bast 6 years running RAID.
> > If
> > not, what's the problem? Any ideas? It's not hugely important to me, but
> > hey if I can use it and make things more secure I'm all for it.
> >
> > "Randy" wrote:
> >
> >> BitLocker was not turned on. Thanks for the suggestion though. I haven't
> >> seen
> >> this pop-up in the past few restarts. Knock on wood.
> >>
> >> -Randy
> >>
> >> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
> >>
> >> > This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by going
> >> > through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive
> >> > Enryption -
> >> > turn it off, then restart.
> >> >
> >> > See if that helps )
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Zack Whittaker
> >> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> >> > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> >> > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> >> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
> >> > and not
> >> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
> >> > cleared
> >> > that up!
> >> >
> >> > --: Original message follows :--
> >> > "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
> >> > > After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to
> >> > > back up
> >> > > my
> >> > > file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
> >> > >
> >> > > First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second, when I
> >> > > do
> >> > > oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard where
> >> > > I'm
> >> > > then
> >> > > asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is I
> >> > > have
> >> > > no
> >> > > idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at
> >> > > all.
> >> > > What's
> >> > > going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than ignore
> >> > > the
> >> > > pop-up but I just don't get it!
> >> > >
> >> > > Please help.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>

A typical functioning setup is described in
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...4d762cf31.mspx

The keys to getting this to work is, from the perspective of the Vista OS,
The Vista OS *IS NOT* on the/an active partition. Determine this by running
"diskmgmt.msc" and verifying that the status for the Vista partition says:
Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)
and not
Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)

The "System" indicates that it uses "BOOTMGR" and related files from the
same partition during boot. The key to BitLocker being functional is that
BOOTMGR, and all files that BOOTMGR accesses (under Boot directory) lives on
a different partition then the Vista OS. For Beta 2, if these are on the
same partition, its a pain to get things reconfigured after the fact. We're
working on a solution for RC1 to fix that.

For me personally, when configuring dual-boot XP/Vista, one of the
techniques I do is the following:
(1) Install XP first. During installing of XP, allocate only the first half
of the disk space to XP, leaving the second half of the disk as "unused
space". After install, I allocate the remaining space a primary basic
partition. Primary in this case means the location of the partition is
stored in the MBR.
(2) Install Vista second, allowing it to use the second primary partition.

There are many ways to get here, but the upshot is that there is a primary
partition marked "active", and it is not the partition that Vista is being
installed to.

Let me know if this helps or not.

-
Jamie Hunter [MS]

"PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8205BA33-DD48-403D-A883-2A6DFE43E899@microsoft.com...
> Both are formatted with NTFS and both are the same size, but in a
> dual-boot
> environment. Both partitions are primary drives for their OS's. Any hep
> is
> appreaciated and thanks thus far!!
>
> "Jamie Hunter [MS]" wrote:
>
>> How are your 2 volumes configured?
>> Is the system partition (the one containing bootmgr) different to the OS
>> partition (the one containing the Windows directory) ?
>> Thanks
>> -
>> Jamie Hunter [MS]
>>
>> "PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news3F63935-838A-4C0D-8076-8267FE0EAA2D@microsoft.com...
>> > Ok here's a question. So I have my 2 volumes and USB card and all
>> > stoked
>> > to
>> > do the bit locker drive encryption deal. I go through the setup and
>> > store
>> > my
>> > key on my USB card and then proceed to start encrypting my drive and it
>> > says
>> > it can't. Is this because I am running RAID? If that's the case I can
>> > live
>> > without bit encryption, I've done it for the bast 6 years running RAID.
>> > If
>> > not, what's the problem? Any ideas? It's not hugely important to me,
>> > but
>> > hey if I can use it and make things more secure I'm all for it.
>> >
>> > "Randy" wrote:
>> >
>> >> BitLocker was not turned on. Thanks for the suggestion though. I
>> >> haven't
>> >> seen
>> >> this pop-up in the past few restarts. Knock on wood.
>> >>
>> >> -Randy
>> >>
>> >> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by
>> >> > going
>> >> > through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive
>> >> > Enryption -
>> >> > turn it off, then restart.
>> >> >
>> >> > See if that helps )
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Zack Whittaker
>> >> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> >> > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> >> > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> >> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers
>> >> > no
>> >> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
>> >> > and not
>> >> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>> >> > cleared
>> >> > that up!
>> >> >
>> >> > --: Original message follows :--
>> >> > "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
>> >> > > After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to
>> >> > > back up
>> >> > > my
>> >> > > file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second,
>> >> > > when I
>> >> > > do
>> >> > > oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard
>> >> > > where
>> >> > > I'm
>> >> > > then
>> >> > > asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is
>> >> > > I
>> >> > > have
>> >> > > no
>> >> > > idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at
>> >> > > all.
>> >> > > What's
>> >> > > going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than
>> >> > > ignore
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > pop-up but I just don't get it!
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Please help.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>>
>>

I have it just like you said it whould be and when I click ecrypt it says
unable to encrypt the drive and the red circle with an X in there appears
after I click the encrypt button. I'm thinking this has something to do with
the fact I am running RAID and split the RAID array array into two volumes?
I dunno, just some more insight into it. I got it to work on my laptop
that's running one SATA drive with Vista Ultimate 32-bit Beta 2. But thanks
so far...Sooner or later we'll slay the dragon, lol.

"Jamie Hunter [MS]" wrote:

> A typical functioning setup is described in
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...4d762cf31.mspx
>
> The keys to getting this to work is, from the perspective of the Vista OS,
> The Vista OS *IS NOT* on the/an active partition. Determine this by running
> "diskmgmt.msc" and verifying that the status for the Vista partition says:
> Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)
> and not
> Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)
>
> The "System" indicates that it uses "BOOTMGR" and related files from the
> same partition during boot. The key to BitLocker being functional is that
> BOOTMGR, and all files that BOOTMGR accesses (under Boot directory) lives on
> a different partition then the Vista OS. For Beta 2, if these are on the
> same partition, its a pain to get things reconfigured after the fact. We're
> working on a solution for RC1 to fix that.
>
> For me personally, when configuring dual-boot XP/Vista, one of the
> techniques I do is the following:
> (1) Install XP first. During installing of XP, allocate only the first half
> of the disk space to XP, leaving the second half of the disk as "unused
> space". After install, I allocate the remaining space a primary basic
> partition. Primary in this case means the location of the partition is
> stored in the MBR.
> (2) Install Vista second, allowing it to use the second primary partition.
>
> There are many ways to get here, but the upshot is that there is a primary
> partition marked "active", and it is not the partition that Vista is being
> installed to.
>
> Let me know if this helps or not.
>
> -
> Jamie Hunter [MS]
>
> "PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8205BA33-DD48-403D-A883-2A6DFE43E899@microsoft.com...
> > Both are formatted with NTFS and both are the same size, but in a
> > dual-boot
> > environment. Both partitions are primary drives for their OS's. Any hep
> > is
> > appreaciated and thanks thus far!!
> >
> > "Jamie Hunter [MS]" wrote:
> >
> >> How are your 2 volumes configured?
> >> Is the system partition (the one containing bootmgr) different to the OS
> >> partition (the one containing the Windows directory) ?
> >> Thanks
> >> -
> >> Jamie Hunter [MS]
> >>
> >> "PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news3F63935-838A-4C0D-8076-8267FE0EAA2D@microsoft.com...
> >> > Ok here's a question. So I have my 2 volumes and USB card and all
> >> > stoked
> >> > to
> >> > do the bit locker drive encryption deal. I go through the setup and
> >> > store
> >> > my
> >> > key on my USB card and then proceed to start encrypting my drive and it
> >> > says
> >> > it can't. Is this because I am running RAID? If that's the case I can
> >> > live
> >> > without bit encryption, I've done it for the bast 6 years running RAID.
> >> > If
> >> > not, what's the problem? Any ideas? It's not hugely important to me,
> >> > but
> >> > hey if I can use it and make things more secure I'm all for it.
> >> >
> >> > "Randy" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> BitLocker was not turned on. Thanks for the suggestion though. I
> >> >> haven't
> >> >> seen
> >> >> this pop-up in the past few restarts. Knock on wood.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Randy
> >> >>
> >> >> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by
> >> >> > going
> >> >> > through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive
> >> >> > Enryption -
> >> >> > turn it off, then restart.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > See if that helps )
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Zack Whittaker
> >> >> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> >> >> > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> >> >> > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> >> >> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers
> >> >> > no
> >> >> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so,
> >> >> > and not
> >> >> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
> >> >> > cleared
> >> >> > that up!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --: Original message follows :--
> >> >> > "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> > news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > > After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me to
> >> >> > > back up
> >> >> > > my
> >> >> > > file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second,
> >> >> > > when I
> >> >> > > do
> >> >> > > oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard
> >> >> > > where
> >> >> > > I'm
> >> >> > > then
> >> >> > > asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem is
> >> >> > > I
> >> >> > > have
> >> >> > > no
> >> >> > > idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any at
> >> >> > > all.
> >> >> > > What's
> >> >> > > going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than
> >> >> > > ignore
> >> >> > > the
> >> >> > > pop-up but I just don't get it!
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Please help.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >>
> >>
>

Hoping this has nothing to do with RAID, as BitLocker works with the logical
volume for the very purpose of making RAID work
I'm glag you got it working on your laptop!

Ok, round 2
Run "eventvwr.exe" and see if there are any related events logged. You could
also try the command line interface "manage-bde" and see what error message
it reports.
-
Jamie Hunter [MS]


"PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1107F985-1B85-4C67-BCFF-8C3E7D51282C@microsoft.com...
>I have it just like you said it whould be and when I click ecrypt it says
> unable to encrypt the drive and the red circle with an X in there appears
> after I click the encrypt button. I'm thinking this has something to do
> with
> the fact I am running RAID and split the RAID array array into two
> volumes?
> I dunno, just some more insight into it. I got it to work on my laptop
> that's running one SATA drive with Vista Ultimate 32-bit Beta 2. But
> thanks
> so far...Sooner or later we'll slay the dragon, lol.
>
> "Jamie Hunter [MS]" wrote:
>
>> A typical functioning setup is described in
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...4d762cf31.mspx
>>
>> The keys to getting this to work is, from the perspective of the Vista
>> OS,
>> The Vista OS *IS NOT* on the/an active partition. Determine this by
>> running
>> "diskmgmt.msc" and verifying that the status for the Vista partition
>> says:
>> Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)
>> and not
>> Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)
>>
>> The "System" indicates that it uses "BOOTMGR" and related files from the
>> same partition during boot. The key to BitLocker being functional is that
>> BOOTMGR, and all files that BOOTMGR accesses (under Boot directory) lives
>> on
>> a different partition then the Vista OS. For Beta 2, if these are on the
>> same partition, its a pain to get things reconfigured after the fact.
>> We're
>> working on a solution for RC1 to fix that.
>>
>> For me personally, when configuring dual-boot XP/Vista, one of the
>> techniques I do is the following:
>> (1) Install XP first. During installing of XP, allocate only the first
>> half
>> of the disk space to XP, leaving the second half of the disk as "unused
>> space". After install, I allocate the remaining space a primary basic
>> partition. Primary in this case means the location of the partition is
>> stored in the MBR.
>> (2) Install Vista second, allowing it to use the second primary
>> partition.
>>
>> There are many ways to get here, but the upshot is that there is a
>> primary
>> partition marked "active", and it is not the partition that Vista is
>> being
>> installed to.
>>
>> Let me know if this helps or not.
>>
>> -
>> Jamie Hunter [MS]
>>
>> "PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:8205BA33-DD48-403D-A883-2A6DFE43E899@microsoft.com...
>> > Both are formatted with NTFS and both are the same size, but in a
>> > dual-boot
>> > environment. Both partitions are primary drives for their OS's. Any
>> > hep
>> > is
>> > appreaciated and thanks thus far!!
>> >
>> > "Jamie Hunter [MS]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> How are your 2 volumes configured?
>> >> Is the system partition (the one containing bootmgr) different to the
>> >> OS
>> >> partition (the one containing the Windows directory) ?
>> >> Thanks
>> >> -
>> >> Jamie Hunter [MS]
>> >>
>> >> "PorscheRacer14" <PorscheRacer14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news3F63935-838A-4C0D-8076-8267FE0EAA2D@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Ok here's a question. So I have my 2 volumes and USB card and all
>> >> > stoked
>> >> > to
>> >> > do the bit locker drive encryption deal. I go through the setup and
>> >> > store
>> >> > my
>> >> > key on my USB card and then proceed to start encrypting my drive and
>> >> > it
>> >> > says
>> >> > it can't. Is this because I am running RAID? If that's the case I
>> >> > can
>> >> > live
>> >> > without bit encryption, I've done it for the bast 6 years running
>> >> > RAID.
>> >> > If
>> >> > not, what's the problem? Any ideas? It's not hugely important to
>> >> > me,
>> >> > but
>> >> > hey if I can use it and make things more secure I'm all for it.
>> >> >
>> >> > "Randy" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> BitLocker was not turned on. Thanks for the suggestion though. I
>> >> >> haven't
>> >> >> seen
>> >> >> this pop-up in the past few restarts. Knock on wood.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -Randy
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > This is because BitLocker is probably turned on. Change this by
>> >> >> > going
>> >> >> > through the Start pearl, Control Panel, then BitLocker Drive
>> >> >> > Enryption -
>> >> >> > turn it off, then restart.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > See if that helps )
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > Zack Whittaker
>> >> >> > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
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>> >> >> > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and
>> >> >> > confers
>> >> >> > no
>> >> >> > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated
>> >> >> > so,
>> >> >> > and not
>> >> >> > of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>> >> >> > cleared
>> >> >> > that up!
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --: Original message follows :--
>> >> >> > "Randy" <Randy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> > news:6549F5DF-D851-472A-9981-745AFFB38467@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > > After logging I get a system tray "balloon" pop-up prompting me
>> >> >> > > to
>> >> >> > > back up
>> >> >> > > my
>> >> >> > > file encryption key or else I could lose all encrypted data.
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > First of all, I wasn't aware I had anything encrypted. Second,
>> >> >> > > when I
>> >> >> > > do
>> >> >> > > oblige the prompt it takes me to the Certificate Export Wizard
>> >> >> > > where
>> >> >> > > I'm
>> >> >> > > then
>> >> >> > > asked to specify a file name I want to export. The only problem
>> >> >> > > is
>> >> >> > > I
>> >> >> > > have
>> >> >> > > no
>> >> >> > > idea what file I want to export even if I wanted to export any
>> >> >> > > at
>> >> >> > > all.
>> >> >> > > What's
>> >> >> > > going on? I feel like I should back something up rather than
>> >> >> > > ignore
>> >> >> > > the
>> >> >> > > pop-up but I just don't get it!
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Please help.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>