If you have a question create a new topic by clicking here and select the appropriate board. Information and links in this thread may no longer be available or relevant. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Didn't find what you were looking for? Ask the community. Please, follow these instructions from this HP article and check the most appropriate procedure based on your case. If your HDD is encrypted and if you cannot start your computer and if you cannot bypss this black screen, there is not much that can be done with regards to data recovery other than recovery of the data from back-up. The only way to disable and stop encryption or preboot authentication screen is once you are in Windows. If this was possible, this would have been a severe security issue because one could potentially bypass this security feature. Search instead for.I am afraid there is no way for you to disable HP drive encryption on boot. Did you ever get an answer to this? Didn't find what you were looking for? Ask the community. I am in the same boat encrypted drive will no longer boot, cannot use tools to manipulate the BCD.

I have my drive encrypted with HP drive encyption and I know my password to get access, but OS is corrupted, I need to repair the BCD boot, but after try to repair it with DVD W7, I can't found my w7 installation, I'm supposing that it is because the drive is encrypted, some one know how resolve this?

The button in the bottom will change from Backup Key to Apply. If you want to ge rid of the initial boot password for the HDD you'll need to do the following. It will not encrypt the HDD in that point. In the initial instalation process you will register your fingerprints, set a Windows password and set a password for accessing the HDD. I solved the problem! You have to let it encrypt your drive took 2 days and then let it decrypt it afterwards also 2 days Afterwards there is no drive encryption at boot! Fix: HP Client Security Manager Uninstall error: 1325 Im sure it would help to make a full recover, but im not able to do that without paying for our technichian to setup the server access etc. I don't think this can be disabled in BIOS. I also disabled the drive encryption in the HP security thing in Windows. How do I disable the pre-boot encryption? Go to Solution. The computer is a shared unit, with several user logins. What the install-promt diden't tell, was the pre-boot drive encryption, and im now stuck with it. Hi Just got a ProDesk with Windows 7 pro, and installed the drive encryption.

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