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Automatically reboot Windows if USB storage/drive is inaccessible?

I have a media server (Windows 10) located in a very inconvenient part of my house. Occasionally, the electricity went out and everything automatically switched to battery backup. The issue is the ...
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After enabling BitLocker on Virtual Machine on Hyper-V, I lost access to shared drives

I used to share my local Y: drive with a Virtual Machine running on Windows, using Windows' Hyper-V Manager. Then, the Y: drive would show up in the Virtual Machine as a local drive. Once I enabled ...
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Bitlocker auto enabled on drive

The Bitlocker encryption was enabled on my partition device E: on its own post after a System Restore. Thus, I don't know where the key is. I am using a local account with no Windows account signed in....
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Protecting office/excel files from theft, changing MS office excel's auto recovery path is not working, whats the issue?

I'm changing excel 19's autorecover file location on windows 10 on excel/options/save to a folder on bitlocker encrypted partition. When editing file without saving, it creates a file with .xar ...
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clone bitlocker encrypted Win 10 drive and install as VM on gnome boxes [closed]

Background: My work provides a bitlocker encrypted Win10 machine for me with several custom company apps. I however, do all my real work in linux. It is pain to use my windows computer for email and ...
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Autologin but Lock the Screen Instantly

I have entered into a bet with my skilled sysadmin brother (yes: external assistance is allowed, I can ask for help). I need to keep him out of a Windows 11 Pro computer that has auto login enabled. ...
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Bitlocker Password Entry Screen does not work with specific brands of USB Keyboards

My laptop runs Windows 11 and full-disk encryption via Bitlocker. When starting the computer, the blue Bitlocker Password Prompt screen appears. When I use the Laptop keyboard or a Lenovo USB keyboard,...
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BitLocker can't enable encryption on this hardware encrypting drive volume because the drive bands couldn't be enumerated

I'm using Windows 11 Pro. I'm trying to encrypt an external HDD through BitLocker (Seagate One Touch w/PW SCSI), size: 2TB. My PC Specs: Error Message BitLocker can't enable encryption on this ...
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How to repair the bootloader for a bitlocker encrypted drive

I tried to create a dual boot setup with Windows 10 (BitLocker encrypted) and Manjaro Linux (on 2 separate drives) but this didn't work. Now I have only the option to boot Linux, Windows doesn't show ...
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Cannot activate bitlocker on removable disk

I've activated BitLocker on all hard drives on my PC, without any problem. I've also modified the group policy for inserting a PIN when the computer starts. But I'm having some problems when trying to ...
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Linux update affects Windows in dual-boot?

I have the following fresh dualboot setup on my laptop: Windows 11 Pro + Rocky Linux 9 on separate partitions EFI secure boot in use I enabled filesystem encryption on Rocky Linux when installing it ...
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Possible issues after turning on Bitlocker on Windows Server 2012 R2

I would like to turn on BitLocker encryption on a remote computer I don't have physical access to. What I am afraid of is that: The operating system will not be able to boot after enabling BitLocker (...
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What software should I use to encrypt my storage drives with what configurations given encryption always fails?

I suspect that my use-case is NOT that unique. I have a PC with 1 NVMe SSD and two SATA SSDs. Each drive has Windows 10 installed on it. I need each drive to be encrypted. I have tried both Veracrypt ...
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Bios is pasword protected dont have password

I am trying to repurpose a 2022 Lenovo thinkpad. I don't have the password to enter bios. The USB ports are turned off in bios There's no dvd player And the thumbdrive 2 slots are turned off. I'm ...
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Bitlocker does not detect my removable Hard-Drive, I cannot access it without restarting my computer

I have a problem concerning BitLocker and an external Hard-Drive. (I am on Windows 10 and my hard drive is a WD Elements model.) Sometimes, for a random reason my computer likes to forget that my ...
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Bitlocker drives not being recognized

I've used USB connected Bitlocker encrypted drives over the years and have never had any issues unlocking them on other machines. However I have some new Toshiba 8 TB drives that I can't get any ...
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How to setup bitlocker to use startup key and pin and TPM?

I understand that I have to change the group policy in win 11 to require additional verification at startup, but what are the cmd's to set it up? Bitlocker by default is just TPM. I would like to be ...
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Windows 11 laptop fails to wake properly from sleep, then prompts for BitLocker recovery key after first reboot

We're having trouble with an LG gram 17" Model 17Z90Q laptop. Occasionally it will wake from sleep to only a a black screen with only the mouse cursor, requiring a reboot. It will then prompt ...
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Seamless integrated encryption for Windows that also encrypts the file names?

I recently discovered about the EFS (Encrypting File System) feature on Windows and so far I liked what it had to offer; with just a few clicks the file(s) are encrypted and aren't accessible even ...
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Automatically unlock hardware encrypted Bitlocker data drive

I have three drives in my system, the boot drive with Windows 10 installed, and two data drives. One of the data drives is software encrypted with Bitlocker and works fine. The other data drive has ...
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Reinstalled OS without decrypting my drive

Processor:Ryzen 9 3900x Motherboard: Aorus x570 elite A while ago I encrypted my E:\ drive which had most of my stuff and forgot about it. I had to reinstall windows (C:) due to some issues and forgot ...
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Is it bitlocker secure? [closed]

I was thinking in the possibility to use bitlocker to secure the data of a drive in my computer. But if I am not wrong, to encrypt the data, it is used a key that belongs to the user, so to can access ...
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Windows Bitlocker: formatting HDD after Bitlocker Key is lost forever [duplicate]

I have a small SOC Computer with a build in HDD, Touch Screen and a detachable Keyboard. The system was sold as "with upgrade to Win11" and I was waiting for the upgrade to be released. Last ...
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Can Device Encryption on Windows 11 Home Prevent Boot From USB?

I am currently using Bitlocker with TPM and PIN on my Windows 10 Pro machine. I would like to buy a new laptop with Windows 11 Home on it. Since Windows 11 Home Edition doesn't support Bitlocker, I ...
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Windows 11 bluescreen after update, cannot acess my files (bitlocker)

After turning on a windows feature, my Windows 11 restarted and now I'm stuck with bluescreen. While booting, Bitlocker asks me for my pin code and then I bluescreen during Windows' boot process. I ...
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Windows - Enable Device Encryption for Home version

I have a Windows 11 Home edition which is not a laptop and I need to have my Hard-Drive encrypted. The issue is that BitLocker is only available for Win Professional edition. I've found our the Device ...
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Windows doesn’t boot after disabling BitLocker AutoUnlock

I enabled BitLocker recently on both my C: and D: drives, both internal. D is my data drive, with only some very large apps on it, so it shouldn’t be needed for the system to work. I have my two ...
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Is BitLocker safe to use on SSDs and can't we unlock the drive on other Operating Systems? [closed]

I am already using BitLocker and have already encrypted my PC SSD and HDD and even thinking of encrypting all my external drives with BitLocker. But today I read this article from DiskCryptor and I ...
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I can't turn off BitLocker on Windows 10: "drive contains system boot information"

BitLocker is suspended on my Windows 10. Therefore there is a warning sign on my c: drive. When I try to turn off BitLocker all together, I get the error bellow: Disable-BitLocker : The drive cannot ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad T470 Not Reading Samsung SSD Windows 10 Pro with BitLocker

My ThinkPad T470 Windows 10 Pro laptop suddenly stopped being able read and boot Win10 from its Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD. The SSD has BitLocker enabled. Lenovo Diagnostics show the SSD's read tests ...
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Bitlocker disabled but asking for encrypting

Every time I insert a USB drive in my work PC, I get Before you can save files on this drive, you need to encrypt it using Bitlocker. Various online resources point about turning off Bitlocker which ...
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Bitlocker, SSD, Windows 11

I have a problem with bitlocker today. I needed to remove bitlocker from my ssd, that is, decrypt it, the decryption process stopped and I had nothing to do but restart my laptop, and after that the ...
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How to reassign previous Bitlocker encryption to new system disk

My previous PC had 2 disks and both were Bitlocker encrypted with password. I remember vaguely that I could configure it in a way that the second disk will be unlocked when the first disk got unlocked ...
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Bitlocker is not asking for password after altering bcd

I'm using Windows Server so I needed to disable Hyper-V for using VMWare Workstation. I altered bcd to set "hypervisorlaunchtype off" and now Bitlocker is not asking for a password. I also ...
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BitLocker I know my Password but not the recovery key

Yesterday I turned of my long life running Windows machine that uses Bitlocker for years. In the shutdown sequence, Windows installed updates. Today I started my machine, and as usual, I enter the ...
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External Drive with bitlocker enabled will not eject from Windows 10

External SSD with bitlocker enabled will not eject from Windows 10, the mbamagent.exe (bitlocker) is preventing the device from being stopped. This also happens with other USB hard drives without ...
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Does Bitlocker securely erase the blocks where the first and last partition will go?

I have a question regarding bitlocker. Suppose I have any operating system installed on an unencrypted disk (windows for example) and I have confidential data on it. Then, someone formats the disk and ...
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Windows 11 BitLocker Need Recovery After BIOS Update

This post is to seek more of an understanding than solution. Currently I am running Windows 11 (latest 22H2 build) with BitLocker enabled with initial PIN login. I recently been facing some Sleep/Wake ...
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Can a computer reboot unexpectedly because of a BitLocked partition on dual boot with Windows and Linux?

I just bought a new computer few days ago with Windows 10 preinstalled. I did a dual boot with Xubuntu 18.04, and that causes to BitLocked the Windows partition, as in this thread: Windows 10 ...
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Clear PTT and Biltlocker

I have a Dell 3580 with Windows 11 (the factory was Win10). I took out the SSD and inserted the m.2 disk and wanted to install a system on it. He didn't want to boot with a pen and started fumbling ...
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Dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 10 (ask bitlocker key)

I have a laptop HP ProBook. I installed Windows 10 and over it Ubuntu 20.04. Windows partition was encrypted by BitLocker. I used both OS for a long time, and it works perfectly! I loaded the ...
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How to quickly delete folder (or erase disc completely)

is there a way how to quickly delete folder (containing cca 500 000 files / size 0,5 TB)? I do this quite often and it takes about 15 minutes (Windows 10, USB 3.0, HDD encrypted with BitLocker). No ...
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How to fix possible corrupted files from decrypted drive?

I recently gave in my external HDD to Seagate for data recovery and they sent me back a drive with the contents encrypted (Bitlocker). I decrypted the contents but it seems like all the files are ...
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Is mounting BitLocker-encrypted drives an Ubuntu/Kubuntu feature or a Linux kernel thing?

Is the ability to mount BitLocker encrypted drives in the latest versions of Ubuntu and Kubuntu a *buntu feature or does it have to do directly with the Linux kernel? In fact, I noticed that in ...
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Is the private data safe to take to a service center if the HDD is locked with BitLocker?

I have a laptop which I need to take to a service center (cooler needs to be changed). The problem is that I have private data on the HDD inside the laptop. If I protect it with BitLocker, then is it ...
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Windows To Go drive is BitLocker protected but never asks for a PIN

I have Windows 11 installed on an NVMe SSD, installed in an SSD enclosure, as a Windows To Go live image. I did this with Rufus. I typically use it on my work laptop (Windows 10 Ent with BitLocker &...
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Windows 10 boot disk is write-protected and bitlocked, will not boot

I've got a laptop ( Windows 10.0.19041.1) that has bitlocker enabled. When I input my bitlocker key and then attempt to boot, it gives me a flat blue screen for a long time and then turns off. So I ...
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BitLocker, USB-drive and GPO

I got myself into a difficult situation: enrypted USB-drive D: using an Windows PowerShell script file *.ps1. Initialize-Tpm #Enable Bitlocker Enable-BitLocker -MountPoint "D:" -...
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Bitlocker unlocking started in Another System. Not completed. Now that system is not accessible

I have started unlocking Bitlocker in a system but due to huge data in my 1TB external HDD, unlocking didn't completed in available time. I had to leave that system and now that particular system is ...
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Bitlocker Encrypted Thumb Drive Suddenly Stopped Working

for backup purposes I encrypted two mirrored thumb drives with bitlocker. I usually leave them plugged in and they have been working fine until I rebooted my PC. Now a notification keeps flashing ...
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