BitLocker: Cannot Enable on Cloned Disk

Enabling BitLocker on a cloned drive may present some errors.

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

To remedy:

1. Open an elevated command prompt

2. Type:

   diskpart

   Then:

   select disk 0
   list volume

   This will show output similar to:

     Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
     ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
     Volume 0     D                       DVD-ROM         0 B  No Media
     Volume 1     C                NTFS   Partition    460 GB  Healthy    Boot
     Volume 2         ESP          FAT32  Partition    260 MB  Healthy    System
     Volume 3     E                NTFS   Partition   1397 GB  Healthy
   

   Note the volume number of the System partition; in this example it is 2.

3. To exit DiskPart, type:

   exit

4. Type:

   bcdedit -set {bootmgr} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
   bcdedit -set {memdiag} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2

   (where HarddiskVolume2 uses the volume number from step 2.)

“The system cannot find the file specified”.

This may be resolved as follows:

1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. Type:

   ren %SystemRoot%\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml *.old

3. Reboot.