Not able to use bitlocker, why?

Thank you for taking the time to help me.

I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my computer that used to be running Vista. It is the Sager NP2096.

I want to enable bitlocker but it wont let me. Can I do anything?

If I can get it to work, will enabling it possibly erase my files or setting?

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Thank you

Jonathan_King said:

Welcome to SF!

A google search of the error was very helpful for me. Try this article: How To Use BitLocker on Drives without TPM - How-To Geek

Thanks! I'll give it a shot now.

Any danger in doing so?

O man this rocks!

Jonathan_King said:

I can't imagine, but a backup is always a good idea, even in non-risk situations.

See this tutorial on creating a system image: Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup

lol, thanks for the back-up advice but it says I need over 200GB to do it and I don't have that type of space lying around. The most I have is a 70GB external drive and it already has my valuable files stored on it. O well....

whs said:

blakenowazdi said:

Jonathan_King said:

I can't imagine, but a backup is always a good idea, even in non-risk situations.

See this tutorial on creating a system image: Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup

lol, thanks for the back-up advice but it says I need over 200GB to do it and I don't have that type of space lying around. The most I have is a 70GB external drive and it already has my valuable files stored on it. O well....

How big is your used space on C - 200GB sounds very, very large. If it is less than 100GB, I will make another suggestion.

used space is something like 191Gb free of a 250GB disk. I cant tell for sure because Bitlocker is currently encrypting my drive.

Anak said:

Hi! blakenowazdi, welcome to SF :)

I was offered this Hotfix, and am passing it on to you in case you will need it.

A computer stops responding during shutdown if BitLocker is enabled on the system drive on a computer that is running Windows 7 Ulitimate or Windows Server 2008 R2



Two reasons I didn't install are:

• I don't use Bitlocker
• And have win7 home premium

From your description you can't get Bitlocker enabled, and this fix is for PC that stops running after you do get it running.

Anak

thank you, i hope i wont have that problem