How to Fix Windows cannot be installed, BitLocker drive encryption is enabled

In this documentary I will tell you How to fix the problem that Windows cannot be installed, BitLocker drive encryption is enabled

When installing Windows, you may get the error “Windows cannot be installed. BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled.” This error occurs when the selected hard drive partition is protected with BitLocker. You cannot install Windows on that hard drive partition until you unlock it and disable BitLocker. This article shows you how to fix this error and install Windows.

How to fix the problem that Windows cannot be installed, BitLocker drive encryption is enabled

When installing Windows, you may get the error “Windows cannot be installed. BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled.” This error occurs when the selected hard drive partition is protected with BitLocker. You cannot install Windows on that hard drive partition until you unlock it and disable BitLocker. This article shows you how to fix this error and install Windows.

The full error message is: Windows Setup: Windows cannot be installed on this hard drive space. BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on the selected partition. Suspend (aka disable) BitLocker in Control Panel, and then restart the installation.

Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled 

To resolve the error “Cannot install Windows. BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled”, use these suggestions: 

• Unlock BitLocker-encrypted hard drive partition 
• Delete BitLocker-encrypted hard drive partition 
• Wipe BitLocker-encrypted hard drive partition using CMD 

All these fixes are explained in detail below.

1] Unlock BitLocker-encrypted hard drive partition 

If you have the BitLocker recovery key, you can unlock BitLocker-encrypted hard drive partition via Control Panel. However, if your Windows operating system is corrupted and you are unable to boot Windows, you need to use Command Prompt.

Press Shift + F10 keys on the Windows installation screen to launch Command Prompt. Type the following command and press Enter: manage -bde -status The above command will show you the BitLocker status of all the partitions on your hard drive. You can see the protection status as On or Off. Now, unlock the locked hard drive partition by running the following command in the command prompt: manager-bde -unlock: -rp In the above command, replace: with the correct letter of your hard drive partition and your BitLocker recovery key. For example, if you want to unlock the hard drive partition D, then the command would be: manager-bde -unlock D: -rp Now, the next step is to disable the BitLocker-encrypted hard drive partition. For that, you need to use the following command: manager-bde -protectors -disable : Enter the correct hard drive partition letter. For example, for the hard drive partition D, your command would be something like this: manager-bde -protectors -disable D: You should now be able to install Windows.

2] Delete the BitLocker-encrypted hard drive partition 

If you do not have the BitLocker recovery key, then you need to format the hard drive partition that is meant for Windows installation.

For that, select the hard drive partition on the Windows installation screen and click Delete. Click OK to confirm. After that, you will see the unallocated space for that partition. Select the unallocated space partition and click New to activate the partition. Now, click Next and follow the on-screen instructions to install Windows.

3] Wipe BitLocker-encrypted hard drive partition using CMD 

If the above method does not work, you can wipe the BitLocker-encrypted partition via Command Prompt to install Windows. The steps to do this are as follows: On the Windows installation screen, press Shift + F10 keys to launch Command Prompt. Now, type the following commands one by one and hit Enter after entering each command.

diskpart list disk select disk# clean create partition format primary active fs=ntfs quick You should now be able to install Windows on the formatted hard drive partition.

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