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Can I turn suspend Bitlocker encryption on Windows and run WUBI on the same partition as Windows?

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http://askubuntu.com – My windows pc has bitlocker enabled on drive C but i want to install wubi on the same drive, can i do it by suspending/disabling bitlocker when i need to run ubuntu? (HowTos)

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We are running a new Windows 2008 R2 Server on Dell PowerEdge R620 Hardware.

I am trying to enable BitLocker Encryption on the C Drive, I have already enabled the TPM from the BIOS.

During the phase where it checks your computers configuration, we get an error that says

"BitLocker Setup requires the drive file system to be NTFS. Convert the file system and run BitLocker Setup again.

I am wondering if I can use the same usb stick that i store my bitlocker keys on to install ubuntu on. My Harddrive is completely Encrypted for Windows Bitlocker and In order to boot my computer I need my USB stick since I do not have a TPM supported machine. How would I go about installing ubuntu on my stick and still make it readable when called on by bitlocker? if this is even possible.

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I encrypted a 200GB partition of HDD in Windows 7 using BitLocker. I removed Windows 7 from the PC and installed Ubuntu. Now I can't see the partition which was encrypted from Ubuntu.

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