Encrypted internal drive issue with 'Drive is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect' Error

liberty610

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Hi all,

I am having an issue that doesn't occur all the time and is fixable with a simple reboot when it does occur, but I was hoping someone could shed some light on this for me as why it happens and what I can do to prevent it.

I am running Windows 10 pro on this setup:
https://pcpartpicker.com/b/BqHhP6

I do a lot of multi media production work. I have 7 internal hard drives - none of them are in any RAID config. Just standard storage drives.. My OS is on a SSD M.2, then I have a second SSD via Sata for storage, and the rest of the drives are all standard HDDs. 3 of the standard HDDs are Encrypted with Windows Bitlocker. I created a notepad file on them, that when executed with admin rights, will re-lock the drives without having to reboot my system.

There are times where I will unlock the drives, and either one drive, or sometimes all of them, will give me a 'Drive is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect' Error. A simple reboot fixes it every single time, but I was wondering if there was a known cause for it. I can't remember if it only happens if I re-lock the drives or not. And rebooting isn't a huge annoyance, but sometimes if I am in the middle of studio sessions, it can be annoying with having to close out all my programs and do a reboot.

Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance for any replies.