We've recently had a demand to use BitLocker to encrypt the one server we have. This is the file server, the DC, DHCP, DNS etc.
Half way through encrypting the OS (Server 2008 R2) C: drive, it threw up an error message:
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This disk has one or more errors. Run "chkdsk /r". If these errors persist this may be indicative of a hardware fault. Contact the administrator of your system.This put the BitLocker process into "paused", which if I try to "resume" goes straight back to "paused".
In the meantime, BitLocker has successfully encrypted the non-OS ( D drive)
Now I am not going to run chkdsk /r on a RAID array, as that would be bad, but what I want to know is what will happen if I restart the server with a half-encrypted (but paused) operating System hard drive? Will it function as normal, or am I going to have problems with it booting...