Questions before I install Bazzite

Hi everyone

I have read the Bazzite installation guide and watched a couple of tutorial videos on how to install it but there are some questions I have due to being not very tech savvy.

I have 3 drives (C, D & E) and bitlocker encryption is enabled for all drives. C drive (SSD) is where my windows 11 is installed. Will bitlocker interfere with the Bazzite installation on C drive?

Secondly, in all the tutorial videos I watched, the partition scheme is left as MBR when using Rufus. Does it matter at all if my C drive is GPT? I’m guessing the installation will just delete the GPT partition and replace it with MBR?

Thirdly, drives C, D and E are ntfs and I understand that btrfs is recommended for gaming in Bazzite. Does the installation convert my C drive to btrfs? As for the other 2 drives, I do not have any games installed so can I keep those drives as ntfs and still access and save files such as in-game photos and footage recordings?

Lastly, is it better to disable secure boot first and then re-enable it after installing Bazzite? I’ve seen some posts showing secure boot violations when others attempted to install Bazzite.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

Posted Dec 1, 2025, 6:01 PM UTC

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