Resize Bitlocker Encrypted Partition? (Shrink, move, extend...)

Decrypt Bitlocker or Any Encrypted Disk Partition First

To resize or move an encrypted drive, such as a Bitlocker drive, please decrypt it first.

You can unlock Bitlocker from File Explorer using the "Turn off Bitlocker" option.

To unlock a BitLocker-encrypted drive E using PowerShell, follow these steps:

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator

• Right-click the Start menu and choose Windows Terminal (Admin) or PowerShell (Admin).

2. Check BitLocker status on drive E

To ensure that the BitLocker encryption is enabled on the drive E, run the following command:

Get-BitLockerVolume -MountPoint "E:"

This will provide the encryption status of the drive E. If the drive is locked, it will show "Locked" under the LockStatus field.

Here are short commands to list the bitlocker status, and then unlock the E drive.

• manage-bde -status (Use this code to show the current status)
• Disable-BitLocker -MountPoint "E:" (Use this code to start disabling the E drive bitlocker encryption)
• manage-bde -off "E:" (Get it OFF encryption)

3. Unlock the drive using your password

If you know the password used to encrypt the drive, you can unlock it using the following command:

Unlock-BitLocker -MountPoint "E:" -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString "YourPassword" -AsPlainText -Force)

• Replace "YourPassword" with the actual BitLocker password.

This should unlock the drive E.

4. Unlock the drive using the recovery key

If you don't have the password but you have the recovery key, you can unlock the drive with it:

Unlock-BitLocker -MountPoint "E:" -RecoveryKey "Your-48-Digit-RecoveryKey"

• Replace "Your-48-Digit-RecoveryKey" with the actual 48-digit recovery key.

5. Verify the unlock

After running one of the unlock commands, you can verify if the drive is unlocked using:

Get-BitLockerVolume -MountPoint "E:"

The LockStatus field should now show as "Unlocked" for the drive E.

Note: The current version of IM-Magic Partition Resizer can only help manage partitions when it is not encrypted. If you have a bitlocker or some sort of encrypted partition, please decrypte it first and then use disk management tool like IM-Magic Partition Resizer to manage your disk partitions.

Resize move extend volumes using Magic Partition Resizer

This following video shows how to resize disk partitions without losing data using Magic Partition Resizer.

Shrinking Bitlocker Drive?

Decrypt or unlock the drive first, and then right click the partition in Partition Resizer, go to option 'Resize/Move Partition', move the border to the place you want, click APPLY CHANGES in the software and then the drive can be changed to smaller. Unallocated space will be created after shrinking the drive.

Getting a smaller drive? What's next, add your Bitlocker encryption again.

How to move a bitlocker partition?

The partition can be moved without losing data in Partition Resizer only when you have unlocked the bitlocker drive.