hard drive not found

[resistencia]

Let's see, you install Windows and at some point it doesn't show the disk, so you click on drivers, it gives you the path to the folder you put on the USB and you press enter, then it will show you the disk.

[jwb1965]

Now I have the drive.  New message is Bitlocker is enabled on selected partition  Suspend Bitlocker in control panel and restart the installation.  The computer wouldn't take the Bitlocker number when I first had a problem with the computer.  I tried to  by pass it and that caused the problem.  What do I need to do to get to the control panel 

[jwb1965]

The drive is all free space 

[resistencia]

I don't understand the problem with BitLocker. If you don't have Windows installed, you can't activate BitLocker. Please summarize the problem, explaining why you do not have an operating system and now mention BitLocker.

[jwb1965]

I went thru the sets to disable Bitlocker and tried to do reinstall windows without saving anything.  When I tried to install windows now it shows 475.8 GB size and 475.8 GB free. It will not install windows because of Bitlocker

[resistencia · Accepted solution]

If you have partitions with BitLocker before installing Windows, you must first delete the partitions. You can never install Windows on an encrypted disk; you can only do so if you format the disk and delete its partitions first.

[jwb1965]

I deleted 2  partitions and was able to install windows. Thanks

[resistencia]

You're welcome, happy to help.