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I've attempted to install Ubuntu Beta 24.04 on a new laptop that originally came with Windows 11 Home and disk encryption enabled (BitLocker). During the installation process, the installer raised an issue regarding BitLocker, so I temporarily disabled it in order to proceed with the Ubuntu installation. Following this, Ubuntu was able to detect the disk, offering options to either install alongside Windows (Option 1), erase the entire hard drive (Option 2), or proceed with manual configuration (Option 3).

However, I encountered difficulty in finding a way within Options 1 or 3 to install Ubuntu on a partition and encrypt it.

While there are several tutorials available for Ubuntu 22.04, they appear to be lengthy do-it-yourself guides.

I'm wondering if the stable release of Ubuntu 24.04 will address this common scenario.

Thank you.

Seb
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As @guangliang mentioned in his/her comment the steps are

  1. Disable bitlocker
  2. Run installer
  3. Select erase disk
  4. Select LVN with encryption
  5. Click back
  6. Install along
  7. Drink a coffee
  8. Boot windows from bios (not from grub)
  9. Enable bitlucker
  10. Celebrate
Seb
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If the recovery key has been lost, Ubuntu can be installed after cleaning the encrypted Windows-drive:

  1. When asked for the BitLocker key, select the option Press Esc for more recovery options.
  2. If asked a second time, choose Skip this drive.
  3. Next choose Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Command Prompt.
  4. Write diskpart in the command prompt, then, list disk to find the number of the primary disk. Select the primary disk, e.g. select disk=<number of primary disk>. Clean the selected disk using clean disk. Ready!
  5. Exit the command promt and restart the computer. Then, start the Ubuntu installation.
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