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- ASUS MAXIMUS VIII GENE Micro ATX LGA1151
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- Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0 GHz Quad-Core Processor
- Graphics
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2
I'm running Sierra, got everything working, and then enabled filevault without thinking to make sure it wouldn't cause problems. On restart, it failed to boot - the bar progresses for a while and then eventually I just get an X. In Clover, I can also choose to boot into "Boot MacOS from Recovery HD" and "Boot Recovery from Recovery HD." If I try the former, I get to my login screen but no keyboards work (appears to be a known problem).
I'm able to get into recovery mode, where I attempted to follow these instructions. This brings me to the Reset Password tool, which has three options: "I forgot my password," "My password doesn't work when logging in," and "My keyboard isn't working when typing my password to log in."
The third option is supposed to allow me to disable filevault by entering my password, which I do, but when I enter it and select "disable FileVault" it tells me "Incorrect password" and the terminal outputs an error code -69693. I'm positive the password is correct, and if I type in anything else, it immediately tells me "incorrect password" without even giving me the option to disable FileVault. Just in case, I used the second option to change my password to something simple, involving no special characters or anything, but the same thing happens.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've done as much as I can with what I know and google; I can't find anything suggesting what's going wrong in recovery mode, and any help would be appreciated!
Edit: I tried to see what would happen if I try reinstalling OS X using the install drive I originally used, and it won't even let me choose the filevault encrypted drive. It says that it's "currently encrypting data." I'm not sure if that helps, but never know!
I'm able to get into recovery mode, where I attempted to follow these instructions. This brings me to the Reset Password tool, which has three options: "I forgot my password," "My password doesn't work when logging in," and "My keyboard isn't working when typing my password to log in."
The third option is supposed to allow me to disable filevault by entering my password, which I do, but when I enter it and select "disable FileVault" it tells me "Incorrect password" and the terminal outputs an error code -69693. I'm positive the password is correct, and if I type in anything else, it immediately tells me "incorrect password" without even giving me the option to disable FileVault. Just in case, I used the second option to change my password to something simple, involving no special characters or anything, but the same thing happens.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've done as much as I can with what I know and google; I can't find anything suggesting what's going wrong in recovery mode, and any help would be appreciated!
Edit: I tried to see what would happen if I try reinstalling OS X using the install drive I originally used, and it won't even let me choose the filevault encrypted drive. It says that it's "currently encrypting data." I'm not sure if that helps, but never know!
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