Entirely removing Windows 7 OS from laptop and installing Windows 10 - BitLocker concerns











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I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows 7 installed on right now.
It is divided into 3 main partitions:




  • C for operating system - Not locked with Bitlcoker

  • D for normal files - Not locked with Bitlocker

  • F for other important files - Locked with Bitclocker Encryption


I'm going to format my System hard drive (C) and install Windows 10 on my laptop on the (C) Drive. I'm afraid that when I do that my hard drive (F) which is encrypted with Bitlocker won't work with my newly installed Windows 10. Should I decrypt it first? Or disable Bitlocker then lock it again on Windows 10? Or will installing Windows 10 not affect the encrypted hard drive?






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  • Windows 10 Professional supports BitLocker. An alternative to your plan is to perform the upgrade from within Windows, choose not to keep anything on the system partition, less error prone to new or novice Windows users
    – Ramhound
    Nov 22 at 20:29












  • thank you for such quick response - may you provide a link how to do that please? and will the results be the same as formatting Windows 7 entirely? i kinda want to do that to delete any cache or viruses that may resident on my system right now
    – zezima
    Nov 22 at 20:34










  • Do what, upgrade to Windows 10 from within Windows 7, you just launch the setup from within Windows. My suggestion would get rid of any malicious files. There isn’t any documentation I can provide, it’s literally as simple as, running the setup from within Windows 7
    – Ramhound
    Nov 22 at 20:35












  • i meant clean installing Windows 10 like wiping the system drive and install windows 10 on it - does it matter? or it is the same?
    – zezima
    Nov 22 at 20:54










  • On Windows 10 it is possible to save recovery key for the partition. You should check if Windows 7 offers similar option to play it safe.
    – Tomek
    Nov 22 at 21:25















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I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows 7 installed on right now.
It is divided into 3 main partitions:




  • C for operating system - Not locked with Bitlcoker

  • D for normal files - Not locked with Bitlocker

  • F for other important files - Locked with Bitclocker Encryption


I'm going to format my System hard drive (C) and install Windows 10 on my laptop on the (C) Drive. I'm afraid that when I do that my hard drive (F) which is encrypted with Bitlocker won't work with my newly installed Windows 10. Should I decrypt it first? Or disable Bitlocker then lock it again on Windows 10? Or will installing Windows 10 not affect the encrypted hard drive?






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  • Windows 10 Professional supports BitLocker. An alternative to your plan is to perform the upgrade from within Windows, choose not to keep anything on the system partition, less error prone to new or novice Windows users
    – Ramhound
    Nov 22 at 20:29












  • thank you for such quick response - may you provide a link how to do that please? and will the results be the same as formatting Windows 7 entirely? i kinda want to do that to delete any cache or viruses that may resident on my system right now
    – zezima
    Nov 22 at 20:34










  • Do what, upgrade to Windows 10 from within Windows 7, you just launch the setup from within Windows. My suggestion would get rid of any malicious files. There isn’t any documentation I can provide, it’s literally as simple as, running the setup from within Windows 7
    – Ramhound
    Nov 22 at 20:35












  • i meant clean installing Windows 10 like wiping the system drive and install windows 10 on it - does it matter? or it is the same?
    – zezima
    Nov 22 at 20:54










  • On Windows 10 it is possible to save recovery key for the partition. You should check if Windows 7 offers similar option to play it safe.
    – Tomek
    Nov 22 at 21:25













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I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows 7 installed on right now.
It is divided into 3 main partitions:




  • C for operating system - Not locked with Bitlcoker

  • D for normal files - Not locked with Bitlocker

  • F for other important files - Locked with Bitclocker Encryption


I'm going to format my System hard drive (C) and install Windows 10 on my laptop on the (C) Drive. I'm afraid that when I do that my hard drive (F) which is encrypted with Bitlocker won't work with my newly installed Windows 10. Should I decrypt it first? Or disable Bitlocker then lock it again on Windows 10? Or will installing Windows 10 not affect the encrypted hard drive?






windows-7 windows-10 partitioning encryption bitlocker







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I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows 7 installed on right now.
It is divided into 3 main partitions:




  • C for operating system - Not locked with Bitlcoker

  • D for normal files - Not locked with Bitlocker

  • F for other important files - Locked with Bitclocker Encryption


I'm going to format my System hard drive (C) and install Windows 10 on my laptop on the (C) Drive. I'm afraid that when I do that my hard drive (F) which is encrypted with Bitlocker won't work with my newly installed Windows 10. Should I decrypt it first? Or disable Bitlocker then lock it again on Windows 10? Or will installing Windows 10 not affect the encrypted hard drive?






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  • Windows 10 Professional supports BitLocker. An alternative to your plan is to perform the upgrade from within Windows, choose not to keep anything on the system partition, less error prone to new or novice Windows users
    – Ramhound
    Nov 22 at 20:29












  • thank you for such quick response - may you provide a link how to do that please? and will the results be the same as formatting Windows 7 entirely? i kinda want to do that to delete any cache or viruses that may resident on my system right now
    – zezima
    Nov 22 at 20:34










  • Do what, upgrade to Windows 10 from within Windows 7, you just launch the setup from within Windows. My suggestion would get rid of any malicious files. There isn’t any documentation I can provide, it’s literally as simple as, running the setup from within Windows 7
    – Ramhound
    Nov 22 at 20:35












  • i meant clean installing Windows 10 like wiping the system drive and install windows 10 on it - does it matter? or it is the same?
    – zezima
    Nov 22 at 20:54










  • On Windows 10 it is possible to save recovery key for the partition. You should check if Windows 7 offers similar option to play it safe.
    – Tomek
    Nov 22 at 21:25


















  • Windows 10 Professional supports BitLocker. An alternative to your plan is to perform the upgrade from within Windows, choose not to keep anything on the system partition, less error prone to new or novice Windows users
    – Ramhound
    Nov 22 at 20:29












  • thank you for such quick response - may you provide a link how to do that please? and will the results be the same as formatting Windows 7 entirely? i kinda want to do that to delete any cache or viruses that may resident on my system right now
    – zezima
    Nov 22 at 20:34










  • Do what, upgrade to Windows 10 from within Windows 7, you just launch the setup from within Windows. My suggestion would get rid of any malicious files. There isn’t any documentation I can provide, it’s literally as simple as, running the setup from within Windows 7
    – Ramhound
    Nov 22 at 20:35












  • i meant clean installing Windows 10 like wiping the system drive and install windows 10 on it - does it matter? or it is the same?
    – zezima
    Nov 22 at 20:54










  • On Windows 10 it is possible to save recovery key for the partition. You should check if Windows 7 offers similar option to play it safe.
    – Tomek
    Nov 22 at 21:25
















Windows 10 Professional supports BitLocker. An alternative to your plan is to perform the upgrade from within Windows, choose not to keep anything on the system partition, less error prone to new or novice Windows users
– Ramhound
Nov 22 at 20:29






Windows 10 Professional supports BitLocker. An alternative to your plan is to perform the upgrade from within Windows, choose not to keep anything on the system partition, less error prone to new or novice Windows users
– Ramhound
Nov 22 at 20:29














thank you for such quick response - may you provide a link how to do that please? and will the results be the same as formatting Windows 7 entirely? i kinda want to do that to delete any cache or viruses that may resident on my system right now
– zezima
Nov 22 at 20:34




thank you for such quick response - may you provide a link how to do that please? and will the results be the same as formatting Windows 7 entirely? i kinda want to do that to delete any cache or viruses that may resident on my system right now
– zezima
Nov 22 at 20:34












Do what, upgrade to Windows 10 from within Windows 7, you just launch the setup from within Windows. My suggestion would get rid of any malicious files. There isn’t any documentation I can provide, it’s literally as simple as, running the setup from within Windows 7
– Ramhound
Nov 22 at 20:35






Do what, upgrade to Windows 10 from within Windows 7, you just launch the setup from within Windows. My suggestion would get rid of any malicious files. There isn’t any documentation I can provide, it’s literally as simple as, running the setup from within Windows 7
– Ramhound
Nov 22 at 20:35














i meant clean installing Windows 10 like wiping the system drive and install windows 10 on it - does it matter? or it is the same?
– zezima
Nov 22 at 20:54




i meant clean installing Windows 10 like wiping the system drive and install windows 10 on it - does it matter? or it is the same?
– zezima
Nov 22 at 20:54












On Windows 10 it is possible to save recovery key for the partition. You should check if Windows 7 offers similar option to play it safe.
– Tomek
Nov 22 at 21:25




On Windows 10 it is possible to save recovery key for the partition. You should check if Windows 7 offers similar option to play it safe.
– Tomek
Nov 22 at 21:25















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