Windows 10: How To Determine If I Have Bitlocker or Device Encryption On My Win 11 PC?

I own an HP PC that is five years old. I upgraded it to Win 11 earlier this year. I have several concerns about the upcoming 24H2 upgrade, regarding device encryption. My PC is Win 11 Home version. How do I determine if I have Bitlocker on my system?If I do not, will the upgrade through Win Update put the Bitlocker into place? How would I then acquire the "key" to prevent my PC from being locked out?I have a Win 11 laptop with Home version that does have device encryption but I found the key in my MS account. The desktop shows no such key listed in my account.I would like to know the ramificat

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Bitlocker vs device encryption in settings

Exist case a w 10 pro PC - old was w 7 pro...
to support Only Bitlocker and NOT
device encryption in settings... see shot above....?

reply:

• Yes this PC not support device encryption in settings only Bitlocker
• No supports both...

 

UNABLE TO FIND MY BITLOCKER ENCRYPTION KEY

I have been reading about the coming of Bitlocker with Win 11 24H2. I purchased a PC in 2020 with Win 10 Home, and recently upgraded it to Win 11 23H2.

Following directions in an MS article, I attempted to find my Bitlocker Encryption Key. In my account info, it shows the key for my new Laptop (win 11 Home) but nothing listed for my older desktop. Is there a reason for this? I am not really interested in having Bitlocker on either device, but would like to have access to that code if I need it. Thanks, JWarner

 

Both Device Encryption and Bitlocker on?? How to turn both off??

-- All here - thanks for your very fast responses to my post at top. I have done something a bit different, as suggested over at AskWoody, with very good results. (At Topic: Why is Bitlocker waiting for Activation? @ AskWoody.) First, I made a Macrium Reflect differential backup of one of the PCs -- the Precision 3660. Then, I went to Settings - Update & Security - Device Encryption at bottom left, and hit “Turn Off” in the right panel for the encryption. (<-- Corrected to Device Encryption in edit.) The machine took a bit of time to decrypt. and I rebooted. I now have very good results:

1. Update & Security no longer has Device Encryption (<-- corrected) on the left.
2. Control Panel – Bitlocker indicates that Bitlocker is OFF. It no longer says it is waiting for activation.
3. Our staffer’s files — in her User account on the PC — appear to be perfectly OK. As it turns out, they had been moved to OneDrive so I’m not 100% sure that all files actually on the PC are OK, but I don’t see any issues.
4. I have rebooted a few times and looked at Event Viewer, and so far everything seems OK.
5. Also, Paul Black's suggested "manage-bde -status" shows that Bitlocker is indeed off.

These good results make me think that Update & Security – Device Encryption (<-- corrected) is indeed the same as Bitlocker, or very highly linked. I think that maybe the WindowsClub article I cited above is wrong or incomplete. Any further thoughts? EDIT - Over at AskWoody, a commentator noted that my Update & Security - Device Encryption disappeared, and he was surprised. Should it NOT have disappeared? Have I lost something here?