How to turn off Bitlocker encryption on all drives

[vestal fractal]

Linux mint needs me to turn off the encryption on all drives , to let it access the drives and do partition. But there is no option to turn off encryption on my control panel.

[teal ice]

First try telling Windows to turn the encryption off, which should decrypt the drive - needs the password, of course.

[vestal fractal]

how do i tell windows to turn that off?

[atomic condor]

Accounts restricted, you can't

[vestal fractal]

i have the password

[atomic condor]

Hold on isn't it already off

[teal ice]

I haven't used Windows for ~10 years, I'll leave this to Arzumify.

[atomic condor]

That lock icon says its off

[vestal fractal]

right....then why does linux ask me to turn the encryption off

[atomic condor]

It shouldn't do; send the screenshot

[atomic condor]

Mint shouldn't care about bitlocker at all in a fresh install

[vestal fractal]

well it cares when it has to access the drives to perform partitions right?

[vestal fractal]

okay sending

[fair anchor]

yes you definitely need to turn off bitlocker

[atomic condor]

Bitlocker is partition level, not drive level

[atomic condor]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[fair anchor]

if ur gonna totally wipe a drive, then it doesnt matter

[vestal fractal]

sorry im noob care to explain how they are different-

[fair anchor]

but if ur gonna shrink partitions etc, to dualboot on a single drive, it def. matters

[atomic condor]

Yeah, this was what I was referring to

[vestal fractal]

i have an empty drive

[fair anchor]

check youtube: *ASK LEO : AM I ENCRYPTED?"

he shows how to turn it off

[atomic condor]

Wait... a different drive to your C:?

[vestal fractal]

oh okay

[vestal fractal]

yes?

around 70 GB i was going to use it for linux

[atomic condor]

Damn good thing it did complain, you almost deleted your entire drive

[atomic condor]

A physical different drive, or another partition?

[vestal fractal]

wtf.

[vestal fractal]

physical diff drive

[atomic condor]

You must have selected your main drive by mistake in the installer.

[vestal fractal]

i have did the ventoy thing on that

[fair anchor]

even with a second drive, yes u may install linux, (and just erase second physical drive) but WINDOWS FAST STARTUP must be OFF

[atomic condor]

Ah yeah, then it wouldn't pick it up

[vestal fractal]

i checked its off

[atomic condor]

You can't install to the disk you're booted off of

[vestal fractal]

damn- now what do i do-

[fair anchor]

kek

get a usb stick

[vestal fractal]

i have that-

wait wiat sorru

i did it on my usb stick

[fair anchor]

ventoy the usb, so it becomes an installer

[vestal fractal]

not on the drive sorry

[fair anchor]

then install onto the 2nd hdd

[atomic condor]

Oh, were you trying to install to a USB disk?

[vestal fractal]

yes i did the ventoy thing on usb stick

then i booted it

and i selected the language

[fair anchor]

ok show us where u are

in the live environment

[vestal fractal]

then multimedia codecs

[fair anchor]

open the disks app in the accessories category of start menu in mint

[atomic condor]

warning: this will be super slow and mint will be not very usable

[vestal fractal]

well i had to exit that because it asked me to switch off my bitlocker encryption

[vestal fractal]

um wdym?

[fair anchor]

k well do it

ask leo.

[vestal fractal]

okay

[atomic condor]

USB sticks are very slow and not suited for running an OS

[vestal fractal]

aah but i will install it on my drive later right?

[fair anchor]

show us a pic of windows disk management. thee FULL maximized window

[vestal fractal]

okay

[fair anchor]

for further help

[fair anchor]

no.

[vestal fractal]

ventoy is my usb stick

[fair anchor]

windows disk management, please

[atomic condor]

hold on, I'm a bit confused now
do you have a drive with windows on it, a drive you're installing Linux to and a different USB stick the mint installer is on?

[atomic condor]

or do you have a drive with windows on it and a USB stick you're installing Linux to that also has the mint installer on it

[fair anchor]

ty

[vestal fractal]

hope this helps

[fair anchor]

you have too much crap

[vestal fractal]

yea ik-

[fair anchor]

u dont have a second physical hdd

[vestal fractal]

oh thats required?

[fair anchor]

the ventoy usb is ONLY an installer (live session)

[vestal fractal]

right

[fair anchor]

it's not mandatory,

but u will definitely need to make a solid empty (unallocated) space on the main drive

[vestal fractal]

but isnt it tough to get second physical hdd -

[vestal fractal]

um the h drive isnt enough?

[fair anchor]

the one labelled CHILL is indeed enough. just decrypt all first

[vestal fractal]

okayyy!

[fair anchor]

bitlocker off: , then decrypt all.

[vestal fractal]

oh okay

[fair anchor]

as per google or ask leo

[vestal fractal]

i will the watch video

[fair anchor]

then in disk management, just delete CHILL

[vestal fractal]

okay

[fair anchor]

so it is just an empty "unallocated" space of 78 Gigs

[atomic condor]

CHILL is a partition, not a drive. So you will have to disable bitlocker.

[vestal fractal]

okay

[fair anchor]

and check fast startup is indeed off.. do powercfg /a in cmd prompt

[vestal fractal]

checking

disabled

[fair anchor]

excellent

then eventually when you boot mint, u will (definitely make sure) to pick "install alongside Windows" . it will detect the big gaping 78 gig space and straightaway install there.

[vestal fractal]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaahh got it

thanks bud!

[fair anchor]

you already have 8 partitions. so it will confirm before installing, in a little text box.. "create new ext4 partition on sda8 (or maybe 9)

or it may say nvme0n1 instead of sda, if ur using nvme

[vestal fractal]

which one should i choose then

wouldnt it directly say 78 gb ?

[fair anchor]

nothing. it's just gonna install to the space

i was just telling u .

[vestal fractal]

oh

[fair anchor]

u can view it from DISKS app in mint before running the installer, and get familiar with the dev name and the numbered partitions

k good luck.

[vestal fractal]

thanks i will tag u here if i need something!