Bitlocker not available on my D drive

[pooksahib]

Can anyone suggest why I can apply Bitlocker to my C and E drives and also my K drive (a USB stick used for Readyboost) but NOT my D drive? The D just doesn't appear in Control Panel/Bitlocker and neither is there an option to apply Bitlocker in the context menu when in 'Computer'.

Many thanks.

 

[Brink]

Hello Pooksahib,

What type of drive is the D: drive, and how to you have it connected?

Shawn

 

[pooksahib]

Hi Brink. The D is the same as the C and E. I bought the PC mail order and specified a 3-way partition split. C & D are both 29GB while the E is 90GB.

 

[NoN]

Hi Brink. The D is the same as the C and E. I bought the PC mail order and specified a 3-way partition split. C & D are both 29GB while the E is 90GB.

I can't access either to bitlocker with my drive D: (WindowsXP)

All the others are fine and can be used with bitlocker.

I mention that Restore point is unactivated for the drive D:
but i remenber i couldn't have it activate anyway.


I'm on dual boot on the same Hdd,

C: is Windows 7
D: is XP
E: recovery (for xp)

My ready boost dedicated drive G: can also have Bitlocker.

 

[Brink]

Pooksahib and NoN,

Is the D: drive a OEM recovery partition? If so, then you will not be able to use BitLocker on it.

Could you post a screenshot of Disk Management to see what your drive layout is? It may be able to help determine what may be wrong.

 

[NoN]

My screenshot don't want to work on my keyboard keys...and my grabber either..

I'm on Notebook XP pre-installed oem, so that's maybe why.

mine is:

C: Windows 7 - Ntfs - safe (logical drive-start)
D: windows Xp - Ntfs - Safe (primary partition-start-system)
E: Recovery - Fat32 -safe (primary partition)
G: ready boost - Fat32 - safe (primary partition)
F: CD/DVD ROM

Thanks brink!

 

[pooksahib]

Is the D: drive a OEM recovery partition?
Could you post a screenshot of Disk Management ...

OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer? I'm pretty sure it's not a recovery partition... Screenshot attached as requested. I wonder if this Bitlocker issue could be linked to my latest post about not being able to format the D drive:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...want-uninstall-vista-but-cant.html#post120569

Many thanks

 

[Brink]

Guy's I'm not certain why it is not working for you, but I suspect something to do with the OEM partition.

 

[Dragonfly]

NoN, It looks like D is your boot volume. I don't believe you can use bitlocker on a boot volume.

 

[pooksahib]

I'm sorted after going from dual to single boot. Thanks for the offers of help.

 

[Brink]

I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out.

 

[NoN]

NoN, It looks like D is your boot volume. I don't believe you can use bitlocker on a boot volume.

Sorry for the late answer, My primary boot volume had been partitioned to create c: to install windows7...so i guess your right. Thanks!

I'm using EFS (encryption File System) to my needs now so doesn't really matter for bitlocker on my D: Drive.