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System and method for recovering from an interrupted encryption and decryption operation performed on a volume

  • US 9,098,727 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2012
  • Issued: 08/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information handling system, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;

    a storage resource communicatively coupled to the processor; and

    a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor and having one or more instructions stored thereon, the one or more instructions configured to, when executed by the processor;

    periodically store, during an encryption or decryption operation performed on a volume of the storage resource, one or more variables indicative of an encryption status of the volume;

    during a boot-up sequence following an abrupt interruption of the encryption or decryption operation, determine, based on the one or more variables, whether the volume is in a partially encrypted or decrypted state; and

    in response to a determination that the volume is in a partially encrypted or decrypted state, boot from the volume and continue the encryption or decryption operation.

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