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Excellent, thanks for the info :-)
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Yes, and this sentence confirms it:<br />
When running Windows 7, you will have access to any BitLocker-protected fixed data drives and the drive Windows Vista is installed on.<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449438(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_upgradeV27" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449438(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_upgradeV27</a><br />
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No matter that this article is related with Vista to Win7 upgrade.<br />
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BTW, I am also sure it will work as I am using BitLocker on my thumb drive and it works on each Windows 7 machine (that supports Bit Locker) without any issues.<br />
The same policy is worth for fixed drives/partitions.
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Yes, and this sentence confirms it:
When running Windows 7, you will have access to any BitLocker-protected fixed data drives and the drive Windows Vista is installed on.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449438(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_upgradeV27 [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449438(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_upgradeV27]

No matter that this article is related with Vista to Win7 upgrade.

BTW, I am also sure it will work as I am using BitLocker on my thumb drive and it works on each Windows 7 machine (that supports Bit Locker) without any issues.
The same policy is worth for fixed drives/partitions.

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Hi all,<br />
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I expect the answer to this is yes, but I have a machine with several partitions on it.<br />
Two of these are used for data and are encrypted with BitLocker.<br />
If I re-install Windows onto the primary partition, will the other partitions still be accessible (given the correct password!)<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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James
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Hi all,

I expect the answer to this is yes, but I have a machine with several partitions on it.
Two of these are used for data and are encrypted with BitLocker.
If I re-install Windows onto the primary partition, will the other partitions still be accessible (given the correct password!)

Thanks,

James

If I reinstall Windows 7, will drives encrypted with BitLocker be accessible

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