Windows 10: Can I decrypt files that was moved from my computer with recovery code and bitlocker is not...

Long time ago, I encrypted files on my Windows 10 laptop, but later transfer the files to a external hard drive and I had not turn on bitlocker on the external hard drive. I tried on my own, but it told me I need administrative access.

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Bitlocker Stuck Decrypting

@rinconmike For future reference, instead of using the TASK MANAGER to restart, you can simply hold CTRL + SHIFT and right click on blank space on the Task bar, to bring up 'Exit Explorer'. Another option is to use software.

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Decrypting bitlocker.

Original Title: BITLOCKER

I am trying to get my HQ to move my computers form their OU to mine and I am being told that the bitlocker needs to be decrypted. Is that correct or is bitlocker unique to each computer and not the the naming convention of the location that initialized
bitlocker?

 

Bitlocker Stuck Decrypting

As a BitLocker user myself, I can definitively say it has zero issues with SSD's. Nor has Microsoft listed any SSD drive issues. Also be aware BitLocker decryption is not an instantaneous process and can take anywhere between 20 minutes to a few hours depending on data and size of drive.

• From Dell - https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/e...g%20to%20sleep.
• Microsoft Answers - https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...1-d0acb75ba75f

That said, drive decryption does not prevent normal use of drive.