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How can bitlocker affect when installing dual boot windows with linux

Nacho Milutin 20 Reputation points
Mar 25, 2024, 2:31 PM

I want to know more information on how bitclocker affects when dual booting in the same disk. I have windows 11 pre installed and when I tried to install linux with dual boot (particion made previously in windows) y have problems with bitlocker. Do I need to disable it before installing?

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  1. ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,050 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    Mar 26, 2024, 2:26 AM

    @Cumbie, Keith,Thanks for posting in Q&A.

    From your description, I know you want to know how BitLocker can affect when installing dual boot windows with Linux.

    Based on my research, to dual boot Windows (with BitLocker enabled) and Linux, you need to disable BitLocker encryption before starting the dual boot process and re-enable it after installing Linux, or it will fail the dual boot.

    Here are two links about how to Dual Booting Ubuntu with Windows with BitLocker Encryption

    https://itsfoss.com/dual-boot-ubuntu-windows-bitlocker/

    https://www.mikekasberg.com/blog/2020/04/08/dual-boot-ubuntu-and-windows-with-encryption.html

    Non-official, just for reference.

    Hope it will help.

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  1. John Barasa 0 Reputation points
    Oct 30, 2024, 6:01 AM

    Disable the bitlocker from control panel, then proceed with the linux installation on a different partititon.

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