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    Uninstall Bitlocker

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by FrozenSolid, Jun 30, 2010.

  1. FrozenSolid

    FrozenSolid Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought a computer that had Win 7 Ultimate installed and of course it comes with Bitlocker. Now I am not having a problem but I will never use Bitlocker and the little 100 MB partition really annoys me :rolleyes: So I want to know if it is possible to remove Bitlocker and reclaim my 100 MB or do I need to do a clean install to get rid of it. Is there an option during the install to not install Bitlocker? It doesn't annoy me that much but if I can get rid it I will.
     
    FrozenSolid, Jun 30, 2010
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The little 100MB partition is for more than just Bitlocker. It has a hole variety of recovery tools that you might benefit from having available.
     
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    Thanks for the reply Greg. But this partition is not on other versions of Win 7 ... or is it? What do they do? Or don't they have access to these recovery tools?
     
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