Windows 11, Windows 10, and even older versions come pre-installed with a security and encryption feature called BitLocker.

Windows 11 is gaining anew, hardware accelerated BitLocker encryption capability on new devices starting next year.

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the drive.

If you have the BitLocker recovery key, you can unlock the BitLocker encrypted hard drive partition through the Control Panel. However, if your Windows OS is corrupted and you cannot boot into Windows ...

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Encryption can protect your data from crooks, but if you don't have a recovery key stored securely, it can also keep you out – permanently.

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