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Get the fix to the “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” error that appears on Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 systems.

Contents

• 1 About “The drive where Windows is installed is locked”
• 2 Causes of this Error
• 3 Fixing “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” on Windows
• 4 More Information

About “The drive where Windows is installed is locked”

The following information on this error has been compiled by NeoSmart Technologies, based on the information gathered and reported by our global network of engineers, developers, and technicians or partner organizations.

Description and Symptoms

The error messages, alerts, warnings, and symptoms below are tied to this error.

Symptom 1: “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” error screen on startup

The screen below is displayed when you attempt to start your PC. Unlike most errors, this error screen isn’t identified by an error code like the “Your PC needs to be repaired” error:

Causes of this Error

This error has been known to occur as a result of one of the following causes:

Cause 1: Bitlocker boot agent disabled

The root cause of this issue is due to the usage of Windows Bitlocker encryption. Bitlocker is a whole-disk encryption used to secure user data, but requires that the Bitlocker boot agent be installed. At boot time, this boot agent is used to unlock the Windows drive before attempting to load Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10. If this agent is disabled or overwritten, either on purpose, by accident, or due to 3rd party interference such as 3rd party bootloaders or malware infecting the boot process, this error message can appear.

Cause 2: The TPM has been cleared or reset

BitLocker can optionally use a hardware encryption chip found on most modern PCs and laptops known as the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to manage the secret keys used for the encryption of data. If this TPM is cleared or lost, either due to the user clearing the TPM manually in the BIOS/firmware setup or due to a TPM firmware upgrade as part of the system firmware/BIOS upgrade process, the keys the TPM contains may be cleared and the system will fail to boot.

Cause 3: BCD file is damaged

The BCD(Boot Configuration Data) file that contains boot configuration parameters for Windows system, is a very important part of booting process. If that file becomes damaged, then the boot process is halted.

Fixing “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” on Windows

Windows Setup CD/DVD Required!
Some of the solutions below require the use of the Microsoft Windows setup CD or DVD. If your PC did not come with a Windows installation disc or if you no longer have your Windows setup media, you can use Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows instead. EasyRE will automatically find and fix many problems, and can also be used to solve this problem with the directions below.

Fix #1: Use Easy Recovery Essentials

Easy Recovery Essentials can fix many errors such as this automatically using its built-in Automated Repair option. EasyRE is currently available for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 and can be downloaded and created on any PC.

1. Download Easy Recovery Essentials. Make sure to note your Windows version (XP, Vista, 7 or 8) before you download EasyRE. This guide can help you identify what version of Windows you have installed.
2. Burn the image. Follow these instructions on how to burn the bootable ISO image very carefully, as making a bootable CD can be tricky! Alternatively, these instructions explain how to create a bootable EasyRE recovery USB stick/drive.
3. Boot up your PC from the Easy Recovery Essentials CD or USB you created.
4. Once EasyRE is running, choose the “Automated Repair” option and click Continue.

   Choose “Automated Repair” in Easy Recovery Essentials

5. After EasyRE scans your computer’s drives, identify and select the drive letter for your Windows installation from the list, and then click on the Automated Repair button to begin.

   Choose the drive associated with the Windows installation you’re trying to repair.

6. Easy Recovery Essentials will start analyzing the selected drive for problems. EasyRE will test for and attempt to automatically correct errors with the disk, partition, bootsector, filesystem, bootloader, and registry. No intervention is required, as EasyRE’s repair is fully automated:

   Easy Recovery Essentials searches for errors and makes corrections to the selected Windows installation.

7. Once the process is complete, EasyRE will report its findings. Click on the Restart button to reboot your PC and test the changes.
8. The “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” error should now be fixed as your PC begins to load:

You can download Easy Recovery Essentials from here.

Fix #2: Run Automatic Repair

The Automatic Repair utility, which is available in Windows 8/8.1/10 by default, might fix the “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” error.

To access Automatic Repair on your computer, follow these steps:

1. Insert the Windows DVD/USB and reboot the system.

   Auto tune pro free. If you don’t have your original Windows 8 installation media, go to Fix #1: Use Easy Recovery Essentials

2. Boot from the media
3. Click Repair your computer
4. Navigate to Troubleshoot > Automatic Repair
5. Continue with the wizard to complete the process

Windows 8 Repair your computer screen

If running Automatic Repair didn’t fix the error, go to Fix #3: chkdsk to run the chkdsk utility.

Fix #3: Check disk for errors with chkdsk utility

The chkdsk utility will check the integrity of your hard disk. You can try to fix the “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” error with the chkdsk /r command.

To do so, follow these steps to access chkdsk:

1. Restart the computer with the original installation media (that’s either the DVD or the USB flash drive)

   If you don’t have the original install media, go to Fix #1: Use Easy Recovery Essentials

2. Click Repair your computer
3. At the Choose an option screen, click Troubleshoot
4. Click Advanced options
5. Click Command Prompt
6. Type this command:

   Where C: is the letter of the drive where Windows 8/8.1/10 is installed on. If your Windows 8 is installed on the D: drive, enter D:

7. Press Enter

Fix #4: Use bootrec to rebuild the BCD file

In some cases, the “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” error can appear due to damage or corruption of the BCD file on your Windows system.

To fix the BCD, follow these steps:

1. Insert the installation media and boot from it

   If you don’t have the original disc, go to Fix #1: Use Easy Recovery Essentials

2. At the Install screen, click Repair your computer or press R
3. Navigate to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt
4. Type this command:
5. Press Enter
6. Type this command:
7. Press Enter
8. Type this command:
9. Press Enter
10. This this command:
11. Press Enter
12. Remove the installation media from the disc tray or USB port
13. Type exit
14. Press Enter
15. Restart your computer

Bootrec utility results screen

Fix #5: Set the correct partition

If Fix #4: bootrec didn’t fixed the “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” error by replacing the boot loader of your Windows 8, you may need to set the correct partition first and then run bootrec again.

To do so, follow these steps:

1. Boot from the install media as explained in Fix #4: bootrec until you reach Command Prompt

   If you don’t have the original disc, go to Fix #1: Use Easy Recovery Essentials

2. When Command Prompt appears, type this command:
3. Press Enter
4. Then type:
5. Press Enter
6. Then type:
7. Press Enter
8. Check the volume listed by Command Prompt with FAT32 at the Fs column. Once you identified the volume, type this command:

   Replace 2 with the volume’s number.

9. Press Enter
10. You need to assign a new letter to this partition. The letter must be unique, e.g. it can’t be c::

    Replace x: from the command above with a unique letter for this partition.

11. Press Enter
12. Wait for the confirmation message from the diskpart utility to appear:
13. Then type:
14. Press Enter
15. Then type:

    Make sure to replace x: with the letter you’ve assigned earlier.

16. Press Enter
17. Then type:
18. Press Enter
19. Then type:

    This will create a backup of your current BCD file.

20. Press Enter
21. Then type:

    Marvelous designer 7 full crack version. Make sure to replace x: with the letter you’ve assigned earlier.

22. Press Enter
23. Remove the install media from the disc tray or USB port
24. Type:
25. Press Enter
26. Restart the computer

Fix #5: Refresh the PC

You can perform a Refresh of your Windows 8/8.1/10 system.

Refresh acts as a reinstall of your Windows 8 without affecting your personal files. This might fix the “The drive where Windows is installed is locked” error.

To run Refresh, follow these steps:

1. Restart your computer
2. Boot from the Windows 8/8.1/10 installation media (the original DVD or USB drive).

   If you don’t have your original Windows 8 installation media, go to Fix #1: Use Easy Recovery Essentials

3. Click Repair your computer
4. Click Troubleshoot and then click Refresh your PC
5. Follow the wizard instructions to complete the process

More Information

Linked Entries

Support Links

• Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows – our repair and recovery disk.
  It’s an easy-to-use and automated diagnostics disk. It’s available for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. It’s also available for Windows XP and Windows Server.

  Read more at Windows Recovery Disks.

• The NeoSmart Support Forums, member-to-member technical support and troubleshooting.
• Get a discounted price on replacement setup and installation discs: Windows 8, Windows 10.

Applicable Systems

This Windows-related knowledgebase article applies to the following operating systems:

• Windows 8 (all editions)
• Windows 8.1 (all editions)
• Windows 10 (all editions)

Scenario

Recently, I deleted the recovery partition on my Asus computer by mistaken when I reinstallthe Windows 8. I thought it comes with Windows, so it will come back after reinstalling myWindows operating system. Is it possible to get the Asus Recovery partition again? Now, howcan I recover my factory Asus Recovery partition and please show me the detailed steps,Please help me out, Thanks a lot.

Asus Recovery Partition

Asus Recovery Partition is a hidden partition contains pre-load Windows operating system torestore computer to its factory settings in desktop or All-in-one PCs. You could press F9when booting to reset your PC if system crashed. By the way, other brands of the computer,like HP, Lenovo, Acer, Dell, Toshiba, and IBM, etc. will also snap-in a Recovery Partitionto recovery your computer to default settings.

However, if you changed the original hard drive, delete recovery partition or the hard drivegot crashed on Asus computer, you will find the F9 does not work when accessing AsusRecovery Partition to restore your system, and unable to reset your PC. How to fix thisserious problem?

Can I restore Asus Recovery partition quickly?

Absolutely, you can restore the recovery partition quickly after lost. According to theproblem, if you have some ISO file or backup files created before deletion, you couldrestore your Asus Recovery Partition obviously. For Windows 8, and 8.1, you could use AsusBacktracker for free to restore the computer from the image file to factory settings.Neverthless, you might encounter AsusBacktracker failed to create factory default backup; and if you are running WindowsXP, Vista, 7 or 10, you will get the error “ASUS Backtracker does not support your system”.So, how to fix Asus Recovery Partition cannot be found problem? Here are the solutions mightvaluable for you.

Complete solutions to repair Asus Recovery Partition missing problem

We will introduce several methods to help you to restore Asus Recovery Partition afteraccidently deleting, follow me.

Solution 1: Create a new Recovery Partition in Windows

For example to create a new recovery partition in Windows 8:

1. First, you could free download an ISO file for Asus recovery disk from Microsoft. Thencreate a Windows installation media for Windows, search the sources folder for install.esd,which is the recovery partition that is currently useless.

2. Move it to a location on your hard drive, and convert it to install.wimvia some tools to make it work. Then copy the install.wim file to a new folder on yourC:Win81-Recovery.

3. Now register the file to let Windows recognize it and create a recovery partition. Inputcmd in search box and choose Command Prompt, runas administrator.

4. Then type the command line to register the install.wim file as the recovery image:

• REAGENTC /SetOSImage /Path C:Win81-RecoveryINSTALL.WIM /Index 1

• REAGENTC /Info

• Exit

However, this way need some skills and is kind of complex for ordinary people. Is there aneasier way to fix Asus Recovery Partition missing problem?

Solution 2: AOMEI OneKey Recovery

Don’t worry, here is the savior. The best system backup andrestore software – AOMEI OneKey Recovery Professional will help you to create a newfactory recovery partition easily in Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and Windows Server2003/2008 (R2)/2012 (R2)/2016, SBS 2003/2008/2011, WHS 2011 (all editions, both 32-bit and64-bit). After creating the factory recovery partition, you could restore your computer toits factory settings or a previously backup state with a special key – F11 (by default) or Akey when booting up.

Here is how to create factory Recovery Partition with detailed instructions:

First, downloadthis powerful software – AOMEI OneKey Recovery Professional, after installing, run thisprogram. Click OneKey System Backup on the home window.

2. Tick Backup system to AOMEI OneKey Recovery Partition (Recommended) orBackup system to other location (take the first option for example). HitNext.

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Tips:

• Backup Options: you are allowed to compress the backup image andencrypt it with password.

• You could backup system to other locations, including an internal secondary disk, anexternal hard drive, or a removable USB flash drive, etc.

3. Select a partition to save the factory recovery partition that will be created, PressStart Backup.

4. After a few minutes, your Windows operating system will be backed up and a facotryrecovery partition will be created in the selected partition automatically.

5. After that, you could click the Setting icon at the upper right corner to set enable theboot menu, and set F11 or A key to enter AOMEI recoveryenvironment during system startup, or disable boot menu, etc.

Now, you can see these partitions created by AOMEI OneKey Recovery, like this:

Tips:

• For GPT disk, you will get two partitions: AOMEI (boot partition)and AOMEI Recovery Partition (contains system image file suffix with .adi).

• For MBR disk, you will get only one AOMEI Recovery Partition.

• All these two partitions are hidden by default.

• This powerful software also applied to other brands computers, like HP, Lenovo, Acer,Dell, Toshiba, and IBM, etc.

Asus Windows 8 Recovery Media Download

Now, you could want to onekeyrecovery system to ealier state or factory settings to fix Asus Recovery Partitionmissing problem via F11 or A key. To schedule backup your system, you could try the best free backup software - AOMEI Backupperwill help you to backup systemschedule. If you have sereval computers to backup and restore, you could try theFamily License of Professional edition.