Problems enabling FileVault

Hi,
When enabling FileVault2 on my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro with 10.9.3 I received an error.
After that I completely installed the system new, created a new partition, etc. Right after the installation of Mavericks was completed, I tried enabling FileVault again. Couple of hours later during the encrypting process, I received the identical error.
Disabling of FileVault also terminates in an Error:
Is this a known issue? I also tried it with a smaller partition, but doens't matter if I use the full disk or half of the disk. It will always occurs the same error.
Regards
Niels

Update:
On a hunch that the problem was somehow with a configuration related to the login screen, I went into the Users & Groups preferences, under Login Options, and turned off everything. I set the login window display to "Name and password" instead of "List of users". Then I went back to the FileVault preferences and turned it back on. I followed the steps and restarted the computer.
It rebooted and spun on a grey screen for awhile.
Then it rebooted again, right back to the non-encrypted login.
I logged in and checked the FileVault preferences. It indicated that encryption was off, even though I had just turned it on. Odd. So I turned it on again, restarted, etc. THIS TIME, it booted correctly to the encryption login, with none of the weirdness of before, and FileVault's preferences indicated that it is in the process of encrypting.
I'll keep an eye on this for a day or two. If it seems resolved, I'll mark this resolved.

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Each time I've done the followings:
1. I've turned FileVault off.
2. I've erased all partitioned on my hard disk drive, using the USB disk containing the installation files of Mac OS X Mountain Lion.
3. I've created a single Mac OS X Journaled, non-Encrypted partition using the disk utility and instaled the OS on it.
4. I've followed the initial proccess of the newly installed OS by entering the WiFi credentials, AppleID and password and ...
5. I've restarted the system after first boot.
6. I've just enabled the FileVault after logging in without running any application or plugging any device or even using the system for about 6 hours!
But every time the same error occoured.
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MacBook 13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008
Model Identifier:          MacBook5,1
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz 3 MB L2 Cache
Memory: 2x4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
Misc:
Boot ROM Version:          MB51.007D.B03 / SMC Version (system):          1.32f8 / Sudden Motion Sensor State:          Enabled
HDD: 500.11 GB TOSHIBA MK5065GSX Revision: GJ003A
Native Command Queuing:          Yes / Queue Depth:          32
Removable Media:          No / Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk0
Rotational Rate:          5400 / Medium Type:          Rotational
Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
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disk0s1:
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disk0s2:
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Recovery HD:
Capacity:          650 MB (650,002,432 bytes) / BSD Name:          disk0s3 / Content:          Apple_Boot
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Rebooting shows this error:
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I enabled the FileVault in System Preferences, but after the iMac reboots it gives me the following error:
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Denniss-iMac:~ dennis$ diskutil coreStorage decryptVolume 4FDED44E-EC4B-4B11-9FF5-9C958BD8CEAB
Passphrase:
Error beginning CoreStorage Logical Volume decryption: The target Core Storage volume is not encrypted (-69755)
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New passphrase for existing volume:
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Started CoreStorage operation on disk2 Crucial M4 SSD
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Denniss-iMac:~ dennis$ diskutil coreStorage list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (2 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 52C795EE-D034-4F54-9691-EF6D04AD5FF9
|   =========================================================
|   Name:         Crucial M4 SSD
|   Size:         255200755712 B (255.2 GB)
|   Free Space:   16777216 B (16.8 MB)
|   |
|   +-< Physical Volume AB27C53B-03C1-481D-9E02-B21DA84AE0F4
|   |   ----------------------------------------------------
|   |   Index:    0
|   |   Disk:     disk0s2
|   |   Status:   Online
|   |   Size:     255200755712 B (255.2 GB)
|   |
|   +-> Logical Volume Family BB92E15C-2063-4F56-99EB-5AD588AECDBB
|       ----------------------------------------------------------
|       Encryption Status:       Unlocked
|       Encryption Type:         None
|       Conversion Status:       Failed
|       Conversion Direction:    backward
|       Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
|       Fully Secure:            No
|       Passphrase Required:     No
|       |
|       +-> Logical Volume 4FDED44E-EC4B-4B11-9FF5-9C958BD8CEAB
|           ---------------------------------------------------
|           Disk:               disk2
|           Status:             Online
|           Size (Total):       254865207296 B (254.9 GB)
|           Size (Converted):   -none-
|           Revertible:         Yes (unlock and decryption required)
|           LV Name:            Crucial M4 SSD
|           Volume Name:        Crucial M4 SSD
|           Content Hint:       Apple_HFS
|
+-- Logical Volume Group F0D53CC0-68D7-44FA-B2F9-0874A4FD181D
    =========================================================
    Name:         Storage
    Size:         999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume BFD4B09C-0CE5-40B4-BB3D-9C7E96589573
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
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    +-> Logical Volume Family B86F5A3A-C642-4956-8D21-B724CFDC3028
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            Yes
        Passphrase Required:     Yes
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 97EDE534-A8B0-494B-8D1F-C79D136C8327
            Disk:               disk3
            Status:             Online
            Size (Total):       999709908992 B (999.7 GB)
            Size (Converted):   -none-
            Revertible:         No
            LV Name:            Storage
            Volume Name:        Storage
            Content Hint:       Apple_HFS
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At the moment, I doubt that Core Storage requires anything special at the drive firmware level.
Consider the screenshot at http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/60661/8546 – that's the result of Core Storage encryption, error-free conversion forward of a logical volume:
* without EFI
* and the disk is virtual.

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At least, be sure you have enough room to do this. (Note: the link is for 10.5, but imagine it'd be the same.)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=mac/10.5/en/8736.html
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