Questions tagged [bitlocker]
Microsoft Windows technology for full disk(volume) encryption.
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Either me or Windows messed up my Sata SSD Bitlocked Partition and showing as "Unallocated Space". I have metadata intact
I have around four disks attached to my Desktop pc. Long story short. I wanted to format my Windows and get an updated, fresh installation. I am sure I only deleted my concerned System OS Partition ...
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Any Windows 11 Pro BitLocker considerations on a dual-boot with Linux Mint 22?
Does anyone already have experience with enabling BitLocker on Windows 11 Pro (24H2)? I am postponing the latest update until I hear more feedback on it, while having Linux Mint 22.2 (Cinnamon) as a ...
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BitLocker without TPM — automatic boot with key on hidden partition of same SSD
Constraint: I cannot use a TPM (the only Mini PCIe port is already used by a Wi‑Fi/Bluetooth module).
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The target system is a portable Pico‑ITX device (Jetway NP93, Intel Celeron ...
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Does wsl --move automatically encrypt target vhdx file?
I used wsl --move to move my vhdx from one drive to another. However, after the move, the new vhdx is locked and encrypted with EFS. The target Drive is also protected with Bitlocker, but the ...
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Clonezilla prompted me for bitlocker key when backing up a drive recently. Now it doesn't and clones bitlocked drive RAW. Why?
Within the last few months, I cloned a bitlockered Windows NTFS drive to image using Clonezilla. During the process, it prompted me to enter the bitlocker recovery key. It advised me that it would ...
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How to remove BitLocker encryption for a volume that does not have a drive-letter
In Window 11, I can see all my volumes and their BitLocker status with this command:
Manage-bde -Status
And on a certain computer I find several volumes with BitLocker protection "active", ...
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I accidentally removed a 2TB external drive: Did I lose my data? How to recover the data? Is there a way to resume encryption?
I have 2TB SanDisk external drive with about 300GB of data on it. I was encrypting it with BitLocker on Windows 11 Pro and the encryption process had reached around 40% when I disconnected the drive ...
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Why am I getting this error when enabling BitLocker? “Cannot encrypt the drive. Drive Encryption is already performing an operation on this drive.”
BitLocker is disabled and shows the error below when I try to enable BitLocker.
I ran manage-bde -status which tells me 1 reboots left, but rebooting, leaving PC on overnight and rebooting again did ...
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BitLocker fails in case of hardware encryption
I recently bought a Dell Precision 3591. I turned it on and configured the preinstalled Win 11 Pro image with OOBE for the first time. In gpedit.msc I configured BitLocker to use hardware encryption ...
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Will deleting Kubuntu partitions restore Windows BitLocker access without the recovery key?
I recently installed Kubuntu alongside my existing Windows 10 installation by shrinking the Windows partition and installing Kubuntu on the freed space.
After using Kubuntu for a while, I attempted to ...
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Why doesn’t this BitLocker key in AD match the local BitLocker key?
Working with BitLocker, I have a local machine with BitLocker enabled. The PC was recently re-imaged (about a week ago) and joined to our Active Directory domain using the same name as before. All ...
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What to do when a BitLocker unit is showing as RAW?
My hard drive failed completely and without warnings, and I had to buy a new disk and install Windows on it (clean installation. No previous data).
Now, my BitLocker unit (of another healthy disk) is ...
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Is data accessible when logged out on an encrypted Windows 11 system? [closed]
I want my publicly accessible office Windows 11 notebook as secure as possible. So I decided to want to encrypt the system - either with BitLocker or VeraCrypt's System Encryption.
I know it would be ...
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Devices Stuck On Manufacturer Splash Screen On Boot
We have had issues recently with 5 devices where they will get stuck at the manufacturer splash screen on boot, if left on it will just remain on that screen indefinitely. The devices have all been ...
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Reinstall windows when secondary drives are mid-bitlocker decrypting?
Like a fool, I disabled BitLocker on my non-C drives, in my preparation for reinstalling Windows. I forgot how slow decrypting can be... At this rate, it will take several days.
I don't have several ...
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