Removing Bitlocker on Windows 7 Professional

Poke

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Hello.

I have a 16gb SD card with Bitlocker on it, which I enabled on my school Laptop (which I assume has Enterprise or Ultimate). However, because several items in the control panel are blocked (do not appear) I am finding myself unable to remove it. I have a desktop computer on which I am administrator and have access to all settings, and I have tried to remove it there, but it has Windows 7 Professional installed. Professional does not have any settings related to BitLocker. I am unable to find an option to remove it (though the SD card is operational).

I'd be happy to leave it like this, but I have to remove some hidden folders on the SD card, and my laptop has them hidden. I cannot change this setting (due to school blocks). My professional computer sees my SD card as read-only, so I can't remove them there.

(As a side note, I remember copying things onto my SD card before, but now I can't cause it's read-only... glitch? exception? me being forgetful?)

The only solution I can find is to copy things off and format my SD card, but this would be inconvenient. Before I settle for this, is there an easy fix I've missed?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron L246WH 24 inch
Hard Drives
1.5 TB (Can't remember the manufacturer atm)
I'm still having this problem (115 days later), and now I've realised I can't format the drive, getting a "Windows was unable to complete the format" message. I tried in Command Prompt, which output "Invalid drive specification".

What can I do?

EDIT:
Never mind, I've fixed the problem. The laptop was able to format the drive, removing bitlocker.
 
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My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron L246WH 24 inch
Hard Drives
1.5 TB (Can't remember the manufacturer atm)
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