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BitLocker status "Not Encryptable" for my USB drives

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Mar 15, 202621779 views
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Problem

I encrypted my regular disks with BitLocker, but I am unable to do so with any USB drive I have. When I select the disk in Windows Explorer, I don't have the right-click menu "Manage BitLocker" on those drives and in the status bar underneath it is stated: "BitLocker status: Not Encryptable" (see s…

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Fix for: BitLocker status "Not Encryptable" for my USB drives

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It appears to be the usual suspect: group policies. The following GPO prevents me from enabling BitLocker on removable drives: Windows Components/BitLocker Drive Encryption/Removable Data Drives/Control use of BitLocker on removable drives was set t…

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