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Hi to all of you,
After an update of windows 11, the BitLocker key was activated automatically. Now, every time I turn on my laptop I have to enter the BitLocker recuperation key. When I go to the security setting to turn off this device encryption, this message appears: your pc will not be protected and the encrypt will take a long time.
Should I continue with the process? In addition, If I continue, next time I turn on my laptop, It will it not be requested to enter the BitLocker key? Is there another option to deactivate this BitLocker protection? I hope you can help me.
Best regards, Maryori
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Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
When you turn off Bitlocker encryption, that can take a long time because every file on the drive needs to be decrypted, there is no quicker method to decrypt the drive, it is best to do that when you do not need your PC for a couple of hours, and be sure the PC does not loose power when it is decrypting the drive.
In my opinion, if you do not have very sensitive data that needs to be encrypted, it is best to turn off the encryption, many people have lost their data when they could not find the Bitlocker key or when the key did not work.
Hi,
Many thanks. Now, I understand the meaning of: the encrypt will take a long time.
I can continue working with the current situation despite I have to enter the key every time I turn on the computer.
Do you think it is the best option? It does not have future problems with my data in my pc? Will I not lose anything?
Thanks, maryori
Hello,
See if suggestions in this fix helps you:
https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-cant-turn-off-bitlocker-in-windows-11-10
Let us know if this helps!
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