How to stop Decryption process?

Hi,

I have turned on File Vault sometimes back. But, somehow, I turned it off this afternoon. The system asked for my password and I typed and immediately the Decryption process has started on. The time required for this runs for a few days and this seems to be a very slow process. I want to stop this decryption process and turn on File Vault again. Is there any method to do this or should I wait patiently until the entire process is done? Anyone....Please suggest me. Thanks in advance.


System information: iMac early 2009, 24 inches. OS X 10.8.3, 2.93 Core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM.

OS X Mountain Lion, iPhone 4 32GB, iPhone 3GS 32 GB, iPhone 3G 16GB

Posted on Mar 22, 2013 7:31 AM

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Mar 22, 2013 9:44 AM in response to Adityaraghu

Back up all data.


If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out these instructions.


Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:


sudo fdesetup disable


Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).



Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:


☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)


☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.


☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.


Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. Confirm. You don't need to post the warning. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.


Reboot.

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