
This might take some time to decrypt the drive and remove BitLocker protection.
Click Turn off Bitlocker / Decrypt the drive to continue and turn off BitLocker on the drive.
A message will be displayed, stating that the drive will be decrypted and that decryption may take some time. Look for the drive on which you want BitLocker Drive Encryption turned off, and click Turn Off BitLocker.
Click Start, click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then click BitLocker Drive Encryption. Follow the steps given below to disable bitlocker encryption in GUI mode, Check the BitLocker status after disabling using the command ( manage-bde -status) and ensure that the “ Percentage Encrypted : 0.0%“, before proceeding with the image creation process.Įnsure that you have administrator credentials to disable bitlocker encryption. manage-bde -off : E.g.: manage-bde -off C: If the result is “Percentage Encrypted : 100.0%”, decrypt the BitLocker for the required drives using the commands given below. Ensure that the results for the required drives(C:, D:, etc) are as follows.Conversion Status : Fully DecryptedPercentage Encrypted : 0.0%. To check the status of BitLocker encryption in the system execute the command given below. Open Command prompt in Administrator mode. Follow the steps given below to disable bitlocker encryption using Command Prompt. BitLocker can be disabled using the following modes in the Imaging computer,Įnsure that you have logged onto Admin user account to disable bitlocker encryption.