I have run into a problem where encryption on Lenovo X series laptops does not work. I started the encryption at 4:00 PM. By 9:00 PM that night, the encryption had only gone to about 8%. I decided to leave it overnight and see if it would eventually finish. When I came back to the laptops in the morning, I saw that the laptops had both restarted/crashed.
One laptop attempted to boot up to the SEE Full Disk initialization screen, but then errored out and displayed that the storage media was not readable or not detected. This laptop was running Windows XP. I was able to use the SEE Full Disk Recovery disc to undo the encryption.
The other laptop was able to boot up Windows, but displayed that Windows was missing some system files. I was unable to open SEE User Client or Administrator Client to decrypt the encrypted files. I had to use the SEE Full Disk Recovery disc to undo this encryption as well.
I still need to be able to encrypt these laptops. Is there a fix for this problem? The Lenovo T series laptops encrypt without a problem. The X series laptops are very similar to the T series laptops aside from the small size and no optical drive.I believe the hard drives are the same too.
I pulled these Lenovo X series specs from the Lenovo website:
Processor
Intel Core i5-3210M Processor (3M Cache, up to 3.10 GHz)
Display Type
12.5" HD (1366x768) LED Backlit Display, Mobile Broadband Ready, 2x2 Antenna
System Graphics
Intel HD 4000 Graphics in Intel Core i5-3210M Processor
Total Memory
4 GB DDR3 - 1600MHz (1 DIMM)
Pointing Device
UltraNav™ with TrackPoint® and buttonless multi-touchpad
Hard Drive
320GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
Media Base Bay Devices
No Optical Drive
Battery
6 Cell ThinkPad Battery X44+
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 4.0 with Antenna
Integrated WiFi Wireless LAN Adapters
ThinkPad 1x1 b/g/n
Integrated Mobile Broadband
Mobile Broadband upgradable