How to Build a Partition for Dell BitLocker Manager

This article provides steps to build a PBA partition for Dell BitLocker Manager (formerly Dell Data Protection BitLocker Manager).

Affected Products:

• Dell BitLocker Manager
• Dell Data Protection BitLocker Manager

Affected Operating Systems:

• Windows

Dell BitLocker Manager requires a PBA partition to securely unlock the operating system. Select the appropriate section below for steps to Create or Validate that a PBA partition has been created.

Create

1. Type CMD into the Windows search bar.
   
2. Right-click Command Prompt and then click Run as administrator.
   
3. Type BdeHdCfg -target default and then press Enter.
   
4. Type Y and then press Enter.
   
5. Type shutdown -r -t 0 and then press Enter to reboot the endpoint.
   

Validate

1. Right-click the Windows Start menu and then click Run.
   
2. From Run, type diskmgmt.msc and then click OK.
   
3. Confirm that a new partition has been created.
   

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