{"id":68352,"date":"2025-04-23T21:12:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/68352\/linux-installation-reports-bitlocker-active-for-windows\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T20:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:31:10","slug":"linux-installation-reports-bitlocker-active-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/68352\/linux-installation-reports-bitlocker-active-for-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux installation reports: Bitlocker active for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Linux installation reports that Bitlocker is active, although we have not activated it?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today I wanted to install Windows and Linux on one computer. The order Windows, then Linux. Windows 11 in the Pro version. While the Windows installation went smoothly, Linux reported that BitLocker was active! This had to be deactivated first, otherwise it would not work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"391\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_1.webp 850w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_1-300x138.webp 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_1-768x353.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitlocker? Well, I didn&#8217;t have Bitlocker activated and BitLocker was also shown as inactive in Windows. At least via Explorer. Here I could only activate Bitlocker, but not deactivate it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"256\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_2.webp 485w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_2-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/68352\/linux-installation-reports-bitlocker-active-for-windows\/#Video\" >Video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/68352\/linux-installation-reports-bitlocker-active-for-windows\/#Determine_bitlocker_status\" >Determine bitlocker status<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/68352\/linux-installation-reports-bitlocker-active-for-windows\/#Disable_BitLocker\" >Disable BitLocker<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/68352\/linux-installation-reports-bitlocker-active-for-windows\/#Conclusion_decoded\" >Conclusion, decoded<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Video\"><\/span>Video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JjBXw0LL3aM?si=qPQF90hP24own42H\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Determine_bitlocker_status\"><\/span>Determine bitlocker status<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So we go to the command prompt, which we start with admin rights. We use the following command to determine the status<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nmanage-bde -status\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>And lo and behold, it reports that Bitlocker is active. That&#8217;s interesting!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_3.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_3.webp 642w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_3-300x117.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I could not determine whether the disc is really encrypted. The command &#8220;<code>manage-bde -protectors -get C:<\/code>&#8221; indicated that no protection devices such as TPM, password or PIN are actually set up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_4.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"148\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_4.webp 674w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_4-300x66.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disable_BitLocker\"><\/span>Disable BitLocker<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Somehow I don&#8217;t trust it anyway. I have had people contact me who could no longer access their data because the disc was encrypted with Bitlocker without their knowledge. Without a recovery key, they then had no chance of accessing their data.<\/p>\n<p>As I still wanted to install Linux, I had to deactivate Bitlocker anyway. This can be done with the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nmanage-bde -off C:\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_5.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"139\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_5.webp 646w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_5-300x65.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion_decoded\"><\/span>Conclusion, decoded<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Linux could then be installed. However, this case also shows me that in future I will check whether Bitlocker is active after a new installation. Either I deactivate it or I configure it correctly again and back up the recovery key to avoid any nasty surprises.<\/p>\n<p>The thing remains strange .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_6.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_6.webp 800w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_6-300x120.webp 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bitlocker_linux_6-768x307.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Linux installation reports that Bitlocker is active, although we have not activated it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[1874,2443,2068],"class_list":["post-68352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-bitlocker-en","tag-linux-en-2","tag-windows-en-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}