Ubuntu installation on computers running Windows and BitLocker turned on

The Ubuntu 22 installer says that it is necessary to reboot into Windows and disable BitLocker, offering a QR code and a link to https://help.ubuntu.com/bitlocker (which links here).

However this is not correct: Suspend Bitlocker before starting the Ubuntu installation and you will avoid the lengthy procedure of decrypting and re-encrypting the disk (which spoils your SSD/NVMe as well).

I also shrunk the Windows volume using diskmgmt.msc so that Ubuntu would have no issues finding the free space where to install.

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