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# sk144973 - Disk or partition became RAW format and is unusable, when Endpoint Security Client is installed

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk144973 |
| Date Created | 2019-01-18 |
| Last Modified | 2019-01-20 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Endpoint Security |
| Versions | Cloud, E89.X, E88.X |
| OS | Windows |

## Symptoms

- * A partition or whole drive became RAW format, causing the partition/drive to be not usable.
* After HardDisk defragmentation machine became un-bootable, with error: " System drive became inaccessible".

## Cause

Partition shrinking/extending is not supported and will damage data without any recovery options, if applied to the encrypted device.

## Solution

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