'Device is active' installation error
Hello,
I am trying to install Bazzite on my ROG Ally. I decided to completely overwrite my Windows partitions and so I have chosen "Delete all" in the reclaim window of the Storage Configuration.
However, after starting the installation I am immediately getting a "Device is active" error and the whole process exits. Even worse, it seems that the installer managed to overwrite the Windows MBR so I now cannot boot into Windows either. I tried multiple times and I always get the "Device is active" error.
Any suggestions or tips on how to solve this would be greatly appreciated.
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I managed to solve this by booting GParted from a pendrive and removing the Bitlocker and two Windows partitions. Now the installer works fine. I have no idea how this happened though :thinking:
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I managed to solve this by booting GParted from a pendrive and removing the Bitlocker and two Windows partitions. Now the installer works fine. I have no idea how this happened though :thinking:
Thank you so much for the solution ☺️
The installer starts so it overwrites the EFI partition for Windows then it fails when it tries to delete Window's Bitlocker partition. This results in Windows being unbootable. Here is a video guide in the troubleshooting section in the docs for anyone encountering this issue when they trying to replace Windows with Bazzite. https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/Installation_Guide/troubleshoot_guide/#device-is-active-error You solved it in exactly the same way as the video (except GParted was used in Mint)