WizCaloifa
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I also have this problem
And My laptop is only like 8 months old. Are there really no solutions for this problem? 


Unlocking Password-Protected Disks
You can unlock a password-protected disk by entering the password which allows you to access data or use that disk to create a volume. The password is usually set up through the system BIOS. Locked disks can be identified with the lock icon appended to them and display a ‘Locked’ status in the disk properties.
1. Under ‘Status’ or ‘Manage’, in the Storage System View, click the disk you want to unlock. The disk properties are now displayed on the left.
2. Click ‘Unlock’.
3. Enter the password, and then click 'Unlock'.
You're running Ubuntu and try to access the hard drive which contains the Windows 8 installation, correct?
If so, the problem lies with Windows 8's policy of not shutting down properly.
My sons HP ENVY had this problem and I found this thread. Just thought I'd post what we experienced. All the same symptoms, we had not added Safe Mode to the menu so this was not an option. Figured this may have been an overheating issue so left the PC overnight, still wouldn't boot past the just "advanced options BS menu"
I decided to break out the Win 7 DVD and scrap Win 8. After booting I decided to see if system restore would work knowing full well it was a different OS and should not. It threw an error stating a restore point had not been created was I sure I wanted to perform a system restore point to an earlier time anyway. I said yes, it black screened and rebooted. Upon rebooting Win 8 came up fine.
Added the safe mode and turned on System restore adding a restore point. Thing are working now. Thanks for all the help and hopefully this helps someone else. I suspect what is happening is a poor shutdown of 8 is leaving the drive locked. Booting to an OS unlocks the drive if shutdown correctly. Hopefully we don't see this error again!
I had a lot of problems on my Samsung series 5 touch switching from the original 500 HDD to a new 256 SSD
Using different cloning and partition tools - and boot fixing software brought me no-where! I downloaded a new trial version of windows 8 and copied it to a USB stick - and that wouldn't install either! (Installation could not find partition). I did however learn a lot about GPT drives and using diskpart. After 2 days of trying to make my cloned disk work I started from scratch with new software - and thistime it did work like a charm. So some cloning software does not clone the disk the right way and gives boot errors.
Step 1: I reduced the c: drive partition on the 500 HDD so that the whole disk could fit on the new 256 SDD using EaseUS Partition Master 9.2.1 Home Edition.
Step 2: Using EaseUS Todo Backup Free from the same software company I cloned the HDD to the SSD via an USB cable.
Step 3: Replaced the disks and booted without the issues I had experienced before. Succes!