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So... Manufacter says that the only solution is to unlock bitlocker and Microsoft says the same... And if i don't have the key, there is no solution!
Format Bitlocker encrypted disk without key
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Pedro Alves
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I have a SSD disk bitlocker encrypted, but i don't know the key. I don't want to recover any data, i just want to format it, but it doesn't allow to format. Can anyone help?
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Andry Art 6 Reputation points2021-10-25T15:06:05.037+00:00 Or just pull out the SSD/HDD and format it with external drive/USB adapter. I did it like that with cmd DISKPART or any partition wipe tools.
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Jim Foster 1 Reputation point2022-09-06T17:23:11.233+00:00 Run the Windows 10 installation media from a USB. Download is free. You should be able to remove the partitions and reinstall a fresh basic Win10 on the disk. Then you should be able to format the disk properly.
Best,
Jim
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Pedro Alves 96 Reputation points
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Danilo Liwag 5 Reputation points2023-09-06T00:04:22.17+00:00 Hi!
If you are formating an OS Bitlocker encrypted drive, follow the steps below
At the very start of the Installation Process, press Shift + F10, or Shift + Fn + F10 to open Command Prompt
Run this command and hit Enter:
diskpart
Run this command and hit Enter:
list disk
(Make note of the disk number you want to wipe and enter it into the next command - replace X)Run this command and hit Enter:
select disk X
Note: select the encrypted disk in the list and replace the X
Run this command and hit Enter:
clean
Run this command and hit Enter:
convert gpt
Then close Command Prompt, then restart the PC to begin the installation
Hope this helps.
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Anonymous2021-04-14T14:06:28.79+00:00 After
Disk 1 is now the selected disk
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Anonymous
2021-04-14T19:16:22.023+00:00 Sounds like something problematic with the hardware itself. The hardware vendor will be your best resource to trouble shoot.
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Jenny Feng 14,241 Reputation points2021-04-15T02:09:18.833+00:00 @Pedro Alves
Hi,
I agree with DSPatrick.
Since you have tried many methods but didn't work.There may be a problem with the SSD itself.
Hope above information can help you.============================================
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Anonymous
2021-04-14T13:22:45.99+00:00 Should be able to delete partition using diskpart.
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Steve Gallo 31 Reputation points2022-01-28T15:55:53.94+00:00 Thanks DSPatrick. diskpart clean worked for me. When I ran clean it exited with an error. I ran the select disk command and diskpart found the now unpartitioned disk.
Steve
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