Windows 10: Can't seem to turn off BitLocker on 2nd hard drive

Hello, I recently got a new PC which has Windows 11, and I took an old solid state hard drive out of my old Windows 10 PC to use as additional storage. It has all my photos and MP3s saved on it. I didn't realise but the drive has BitLocker enabled. I've got the Recovery Key but every single time I start up the new PC, I need to go into File Explorer and open the drive, then put in the Key before I can access the files stored there. I figured 'fair enough' having to do it once, but it's an absolute pain in the backside doing it every time. I dried disabling BitLocker on the second drive us

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BitLocker Encrypted Hard Drive to MAC

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I regret the inconvenience caused to you. Let me help you.



I suggest you to perform below mentioned steps to disable BitLocker.

To disable BitLocker I would suggest you try the following steps and see if it helps.

• 
  Press Windows key + X and click on
  Control Panel.
  
• 
  Change View by from Category
  to Large Icons/Small Icons.
  
• 
  Click on BitLocker Drive Encryption and click on
  Turn BitLocker Off.
  
• 
  Follow on screen instructions. Click on Decrypt the Drive
  when the message appears.
  

I would suggest you click on the link below and refer the following article.

Scenario 12: Turning Off BitLocker Drive Encryption (Windows 7)

Scenario 12: Turning Off BitLocker Drive Encryption (Windows 7)

(You can refer the steps in the above link as they are applicable for Windows 10 as well)



Check if it helps.



I hope the information helps. Please keep us posted on the issue. We will be happy to assist you accordingly.

Thank you.

 

Bitlock adding 2nd drive

Hello,

I have a laptop which is bit locked.

I do not have the bit locker key or password, but I have a 6 digit PIN.

I can start the laptop successfully with the pin and login to Windows 10.

If I add a 2nd internal hard drive, which is say already formatted to FAT32, or NTFS,

Can I then boot using the PIN, and read/write to the 2nd drive without the 2nd drive being bitlocked?

Many thanks

 

Need to turn off Bitlocker to install Windows 10

Hi,

We suggest doing the following steps again to resolve the issue. To complete the procedure, make sure that you have the following information:

• You must be able to provide administrative credentials.
• The drive must be BitLocker-protected.

To suspend BitLocker Drive Encryption on an operating system drive, please follow the steps below:

• Click Start, click Control Panel, click
  System and Security, and then click BitLocker Drive Encryption.
• Click Suspend Protection for the operating system drive.
• A message is displayed, informing you that your data will not be protected while BitLocker is suspended and asking if you want to suspend BitLocker Drive Encryption.
  
• Click Yes to continue and suspend BitLocker on the drive.

Let us know how it goes.