Windows 10: New PC with Win11.Home came with several drives encripted with Bitlocker, but no apparent...

How to I manage them...remove encryption...add encryption. Can I back up these drives in the encrypted state? Can I image the drive? I read that Bitlocker is not offered on the Home edition of Win11, but the disk mgt software says the drive is encrypted with Bitlocker. The c: drive is encrypted, and my D: drives with my data is also encrypted...I don't want to lose my date on the D drive!When I search for "Manage Bitlocker" in windows, only web sites come up. There is no "Manage Bitlocker" on any context menus. Any comments on this situation? THanks

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New PC with Win11.Home came with several drives encripted with Bitlocker, but no apparent way to manage the app.

How to I manage them...remove encryption...add encryption.

Can I back up these drives in the encrypted state? Can I image the drive?

I read that Bitlocker is not offered on the Home edition of Win11, but the disk mgt software says the drive is encrypted with Bitlocker.

The c: drive is encrypted, and my D: drives (with my data) is also encrypted...I don't want to lose my date on the D drive!

When I search for "Manage Bitlocker" in windows, only web sites come up.

There is no "Manage Bitlocker" on any context menus.

Any comments on this situation? THanks

 

New Hard Drive Upgrade - Bitlocker wont unlock

I have a new laptop (an HP that came with a platter hard drive that is very slow). I bought a new 1 Tb SKhynix Gold and used the Hynix software to clone the old drive to the new SSD. Now I'm getting stuck at the bitlocker screen. I went to aka.ms and wrote the new bitlocker key down for the drive that's in the PC now (being careful to identify the correct drive by its identification key). I can't get past the bitlocker screen as it refuses to accept the key listed on the bitlocker page for this PC and the new drive. Does anyone have a workaround for this?

 

New PC with Win11.Home came with several drives encripted with Bitlocker, but no apparent way to manage the app.

Hi William,

My name is Igor, it's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll do all my best to help you.

Windows 10 home does not have BitLocker. Seems you have device encryption enabled. It is similar to BitLocker but has slightly different management.

Try to disable it, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev... and https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/145803-how-...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.