How to mount BitLocker Encrypted Drive in Linux?

Updated on July 2, 2024 by Admin to BitLocker for Linux

In Linux operating system, we have to mount the drive before we can access it. We know that Linux is not able to recognize BitLocker encrypted drive by default, and we need to manually mount it when a BitLocker encrypted drive is connected to a Linux computer. This tutorial will teach you how to use Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Linux to mount Bitlocker encrypted drive in Linux.

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Tutorial to mount BitLocker Encrypted Drive in Linux.

Step 1. Download and extract Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Linux.

Step 2. Open a terminal as a non-root user, go to the bin subfolder under the extract folder, then execute the 'run.sh' script to start the program.

Step 3. Right-click the BitLocker encrypted drive you want to mount in main window, then click "Mount Drive".

select BitLocker encrypted drive to mount

 

Step 4. Enter the password or recovery key, then click "Mount" button to mount the drive.

mount bitlocker encrypted drive

  • Mount as read-only: Allows you to mount the bitlocker-encrypted drive in read-only mode.

 

Step 5. When the operation completes successfully, the drive has been successfully mounted. Please note that the default mount path for the drive is: /mnt/BitLockerAnywhere/xxxx (xxxx is the device name of the device.). In most Linux distributions, you can double-click the drive icon in the main window to browse files in that drive.

drive has been successfully mounted
 

To sum up, Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere For Linux can help you mount BitLocker encrypted drive in Linux. After the drive is successfully mounted, you can access the data stored in the drive, for more information please refer to: read and write the BitLocker encrypted drive.

 

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