There are many reasons to dual boot Windows and Linux. In most cases this setting is fine, but using BitLocker-encrypted Windows partitions makes it difficult to access the files.
The good news is that you solve this problem by using a free Linux tool called Dislocker. You can use Dislocker to decrypt and mount a BitLocker-encrypted partition to access Dislocker while Linux is running. This tutorial shows how to do it
Installing Dislocker
Dislocker can decrypt a partition encrypted with BitLocker.
First install Dislocker. If you are running a Debian-based Linux distribution, including the base OS and Linux Mint, enter the following command in the terminal:
Create two new mount directoriesCreate two directories before starting the decryption. The first is "dislocker-file." This file is the virtual NTFS partition "file" created by Dislocker before it is mounted for access. The second is the folder needed to actually mount the decrypted partition.
Create the required folder by typing the following command in Terminal: [19659007] sudo
mkdir -p / media bitlocker mkdir -p / media /
Finding BitLocker Partitions
Decrypted partitions require device names in order. Tells Dislocker to decrypt the password.
Run the following command:
Please note BitLocker's device name. fdisk Encrypted Partition
Decrypting a BitLocker Partition
The next step is to decrypt the partition. You need the device name of the BitLocker partition and the password used to encrypt the partition. 19559014] -v -V -u yourpassword > - / Replace bitlocker [19659000]
To decrypt the volume read-only, include the option -r :
sudo dislocker -r -V / / bitlocker
