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.
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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]
with the device name of the previously recorded partition. Replace
with the BitLocker password that you used to encrypt the drive.
To decrypt the volume read-only, include the option -r
:
sudo dislocker -r -V / / bitlocker