Suspend/Resume Bitlocker

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    Sometimes you need to suspend your Bitlocker Encryption in order to change some hardware.

    Here a 2 ways to do it - you need admin rights to do it.


    Powershell

    Open Powershell as admin an run the following command to suspend the Bitlocker Encryption.

    Code
    Suspend-Bitlocker -MountPoint "C:" -RebootCount 0

    Open Powershell as admin an run the following command to resume the Bitlocker Encryption

    Code
    Resume-Bitlocker -MountPoint "C:"


    CMD

    Open CMD as admin an run the following command to suspend the Bitlocker Encryption

    Code
    Manage-bde -Protectors -Disable C: -RebootCount 0

    Open CMD as admin an run the following command to resume the Bitlocker Encryption

    Code
    Manage-bde -Protectors -Enable C:


    Additional info

    You may have noticed that both have an option with RebootCount. This is used to say to the system that after x reboots the system will automatically reactivate itself.

    The value here can be maximum 15.

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