BitLocker Decryption Stuck on Windows 10? Try Easier Way Here!

BitLocker decryption stuck on Windows 10

BitLocker is a built-in encryption feature in Windows 10 that allows you to encrypt your hard drive to protect your data from unauthorized access. It uses AES encryption to encrypt your data and requires a password or a smart card to access the encrypted drive.

However, sometimes BitLocker decryption can get stuck or take a long time to complete. This can be a frustrating experience, especially if you have important data on your drive that you need to access urgently.

In this article, we'll explore the reasons why BitLocker stuck on decrypting on Windows 10 and provide you a simpler way to encrypt and decrypt files on a drive.

What causes the BitLocker decryption stuck issue?

There can be several reasons why your BitLocker decryption progress stuck on your Windows 10 system. Some of the common causes include:

• Some Hardware issues with your system such as a faulty hard drive or RAM can cause the process to get stuck.
• There are any software conflicts or compatibility issues with your system.
• Your system have insufficient system resources enough resources, such as RAM or CPU power.
• There are any corrupted system files on your system.

Encrypt and decrypt files on a drive in a faster and easier way

When you use BitLocker to protect your important data, you may encounter some issues such as BitLocker taking forever to encrypt, or BitLocker stuck on decrypting, which may depress users. Thus, you can try a faster and easier way to encrypt or decrypt files on a hard drive. Luckily, a reliable third-party backup software AOMEI Backpper Professional can help you a lot.

It can directly backup files and encrypt it on external hard drive, USB, HDD, SSD, etc. Therefore, you only need to enter the password when you restore the image file instead of inputting password every time you open the drive.

Follow the illustrated steps below to password protect your important files on Windows 10:

Step 1. Download AOMEI Backupper Professional, install, and open it. Then click Backup > File Backup.

(🌟 You can download the trial version to try it free for 30 days, and to enjoy all the features, you can upgrade to the official version.)

Step 2. Click Add File or Add Folder to select the files or folders you want to backup and encrypt together.

Step 3. Choose a hard drive as your target path.

Step 4. To encrypt the files on the drive, just click Options at the bottom, and click General > Enable encryption for backups. Then, you can type the password > confirm the password > click OK.

Step 5. Confirm all your operations and click Start Backup to backup the files and encrypt them together in Windows 10.

✍ Other powerful backup features you can customize:

◆ Schedule Backup: It allows you to run scheduled backups by setting a fixed frequency to backup your files regularly, such as Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Event trigger and USB plug in.
◆ Backup Scheme: You can choose different backup methods (Full/Differential/Incremental backup) and enable automatically backup cleanup feature to save your disk space.

✍ How to backup files to AOMEI Cloud

There is a growing trend to backup files to cloud storage. It is a safer place to keep your important files because it is less subject to getting lost or infected. You can backup files to AOMEI Cloud if you have an AOMEI account. You'll get 1TB free storage for 15 days after you sign up for an AOMEI account.

To sum up

If you're experiencing issues with BitLocker decryption stuck on Windows 10, don't panic. There are several solutions you can try to fix the issue. By following the steps outlined above, you should be able to successfully decrypt your drive and access your data.

Alternatively, you can try a faster and more secure way to encrypt and decrypt a hard drive files, which is to use AOMEI Backupper. In addition to the backup and restore features, it also offers you many powerful tools. You can create Windows 10 bootable USB if you cannot boot up your computer correctly, sync files from local to external hard drive, etc.