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3 Methods to Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection in Windows 10

February 11th, 2019 by Admin

If you’ve enabled BitLocker with TPM, performing a firmware (BIOS or UEFI) update will be interpreted as a boot attack and the computer will require you to enter BitLocker recovery key during boot. To get around this issue, you can suspend BitLocker protection before updating BIOS/UEFI. When the update is complete you can resume BitLocker. That way, you won’t have to enter the recovery key at all. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 ways to suspend or resume BitLocker protection in Windows 10.

Method 1: Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection from Control Panel

  1. Open the Control Panel and set the View by option to Large icons, then click on BitLocker Drive Encryption.

  2. Click the Suspend protection link next to your desired BitLocker encrypted drive.

  3. Click Yes to confirm.

  4. Now, your drive will now list its status as suspended with a exclamation point inside a yellow triangle over the drive logo. When you need to resume BitLocker protection, right-click on your drive in File Explorer and then select Resume BitLocker protection.

Method 2: Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection from Command Prompt

  1. To get started, open the Command Prompt as administrator.
  2. In order to suspend BitLocker protection, type the following command and press Enter. Replace C: with the drive letter of your BitLocker drive you want to suspend.

    manage-bde -protectors -disable C:

  3. When you need to resume BitLocker protection, execute the following command and you’re done.

    manage-bde -protectors -enable C:

Method 3: Suspend or Resume BitLocker Protection from PowerShell

  1. Open Windows PowerShell as administrator. Type the command below to suspend BitLocker protection for your desired drive.

    Suspend-BitLocker -MountPoint "C:"

  2. To resume BitLocker protection for your suspended drive, run the following command:

    Resume-BitLocker -MountPoint "C:"

That’s it!