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# sk99122 - FDE blade is stuck in "Setup Protection"

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk99122 |
| Date Created | 2014-04-13 |
| Last Modified | 2014-04-13 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Endpoint Security |
| Versions | Cloud, E89.X, E88.X |
| OS | Windows |

## Symptoms

- * FDE blade is stuck in "Setup Protection".
* Encryption is not starting.
* In dlog1 we can see the following info:  

  StateMachine ------====== ACTION RESULT ======------  
  StateMachine \* Phase: Create System Areas  
  StateMachine \* Action: Create System Areas  
  StateMachine \* Result: Error  
  StateMachine \* Error Code: 5  
  StateMachine \* Message: Failed to check if file is fragmented. Error = 0

## Cause

One or more partitions are compressed.

Encryption is not starting because FDE does not handle compressed partitions.

## Solution

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