I can't install bazzite Because device is active appears please help me friends
Guys, I really need your help. I'm trying to install Bazzite. Everything is going well until the last step. When installing it, an alert appears with the message device It's active and I really don't know what to do because it's the only laptop I have. Please help me, friends. Sorry if I write badly but I'm using the translator 🙁
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Assuming that the device had Windows 11 on it? And assuming that you want to remove Windows entirely.
If so when the installer tries to remove the bitlocker partition you end up with the error "Device is Active".
To resolve to essentially do the following:
* Create a USB of any Distro that has Gparted included in it (you can use the Bazzite Beta ISO if you like)
* Open GParted and remove all the partitions including the Bitlocker one
* Install Bazzite as usual and you shouldn't get the "Device is Active" error
I go through the process in this video if you'll prefer video instructions https://youtu.be/FBGLLkIKp-w
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How to get past the "Device is active" error when replacing Windows...
In this video, we'll be looking at an easy way to get past the "Device is active" error once you have decided to replace Windows with Bazzite.
Edit NB: Note that this is not a dual-boot guide, be very careful with your EFI and boot partitions as well as your /etc/fstab file if you decide to remove your Windows partition and have existing Linux ...
Thank you so much, bror. I appreciate it with all my heart. Later I will ask for a laptop to download the beta and be able to do what you told me. Thank you so much, you really saved me. ❤️
Good luck. Hope it all works
Brooo really thank you so much I can finally use bazzite I thought I would lose my laptop you helped me so much thanks 🙂