Bitlocker with existing dual boot system


  1. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 x32
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    Bitlocker with existing dual boot system


    I read a bitlocker article by msoft that states how to run bitlocker in a dual boot environment, it talks about installing Windows 7 after turning on bitlocker for Vista and then disabling it and so on.

    Im in a situation where my laptop has two seperate hard drives installed, and vista was installed when I got it, I then installed windows 7 on the seperate hard drive. When ever I startup the operating system I chose to boot takes the C drive name and the other os gets the D drive.

    Windows 7 is the main os I use but want to keep Vista as well. How should I enable bitlocker on both os's and drives?

    Is it as easy as starting up windows 7 and enabling bitlocker on both drives. Or do I need to log into windows 7 and enable bitlocker for its partition and then log into vista and enable it for its partition? But with the second way I would think there would be problems with 2 startup keys trying to work at one time.
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  2. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 x32
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Update, I logged onto windows 7 and enabled bitlocker, it only gave me the option to do the its partition. Guess I can go to vista now and enable it for that.
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  3. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #3

    It would appear that Vista and Seven use different versions of Bitlocker meaning that both versions will encrypt the boot partition.

    I think you would need to install the operating systems on different hard drives and disconnecting one while you install the other with booting up controlled by the BIOS instead of a normal boot menu.

    Dual boot with bitlocker on both
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  4. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 x32
    Thread Starter
       #4

    They are both on different hard drives already.
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