Windows 10: Unable to install Windows 11 over locked Windows 11 partition because of Bit locker...

Unable to install Windows 11 over locked Windows 11 partition because of Bit locker locked. I have agreed to loose all information. The PC is 1 day old. It will not format the drive as well.

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Bit locker issue on Windows 10 and not able to access partition on the File Explorer.

Original Title: bit locker problem

hello

i have a windows 7 on vaio lap top with product key:

*************** (Removed Product key)

i update that to windows 10. then set Bit Locker on one of my partitions and lock it. it work until i recovery windows and install windows again. now i cant access to my partition and my partition there isn't in mycomputer . i check disk management and understood
that partition there is but have no volume and it's like a empty partition.

my data was very important

what can i do now?

thanks alote

 

Windows 11 Home Bit Locker Volume extension

Dear Microsoft supporting staff,

I have cloned my operation drive to a bigger drive. Now I need to extend the volume to ensure the operating drive has enough space for expansion. The system disk management and 3rd party software do not allow Volume extension for Bit Locker encrypted drive. Based on my research, I have to disable the Bit Locker to perform volume extension. However, Windows 11 Home edition does not have the option to disable the encryption.

Without upgrading Windows 11 to Pro version, is there a solution for this issue?

Thanks,

KV

 

Installing Windows Vista/7 on a GUID Partition Table

Background

GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a boot sector technology poised to replace the venerable Master Boot Record (MBR) principally because MBR has a maximum capacity of 2 TB for a single partition (some single disks have reached 3 TB). Installing Windows on a GPT is a bit tricky because Windows wants to default back to MBR. In order to force Windows on to a GPT, we have to pre-format the drive prior to Windows installation. You can do that during Windows setup using the console.

Requirements

• Windows Vista or 7 (must be 64-bit no matter which OS is used)
• A motherboard with EFI BIOS
• A means to EFI boot the Windows setup (I had to use a USB DVD drive on MSI Z77A-G65, the internal SATA Bluray drives didn't have an EFI option)

Instructions

• Boot into Windows setup using EFI. On the MSI Z77A-G65, it showed up as UEFI:USB-ATAPI DVD ... This will change according to your motherboard and how you are attempting to enter setup. This step is critical. Without booting into setup via EFI, only MBR is available to the setup. There's no easy way to tell from within setup if it is running via EFI or not.
• Once you have booted into setup, continue through the process as you would normally until you reach the dialog which shows you the available drives. Load a driver, if necessary, then press SHIFT+F10 to open the command prompt.
• In the command prompt, enter the following lines, pressing enter after each one. Note that the <id> field below is the disk ID that you want to format as GPT from the "list disk" command. If there's only one drive, <id> will likely be 1. Note: All data on the drive will be lost during this process. Make sure to select the correct drive.
  • diskpart
  • list disk
  • select disk <id>
  • online disk
  • attributes disk clear readonly
  • clean
  • convert gpt
  • create partition efi size=102
  • create partition msr size=32
  • create partition primary
  • format fs=ntfs label="Operating System"
  • assign letter=C
  • exit
  "online disk" and "attributes disk clear readonly" are likely to fail. Don't worry, they are only precautionary. Change the drive letter and label to whatever you want. Also, the above command (specifically "create partition primary") will consume all remaining space on the drive. If you want multiple partitions with fixed sizes, substitute what you want in place of "create partition primary."
• You may now close the command prompt and click on "Refresh" back in the dialog to choose where to install Windows. You should now see at least 2 partitions (I think Microsoft Reserved is hidden) and it will only let you install on a non EFI/MSR partition. Click on the primary partition and proceed with the installation as normal.
• Note that in the EFI BIOS after installing Windows via EFI, you can no longer directly boot the volume Windows is installed on. Instead, you must boot via "Windows Boot Manager" (on MSI Z77A-G65, it was "UEFI: Windows Boot Manager"). Keep that in mind if you wish to tweak the boot order.

Conclusion

That should do it. You should be in Windows with >2 TB of hard drive capacity available if you had more than 2 TB on the Windows partition. Congratulations being on the bleeding edge of technology! *Rockout :rockout: