Recover datas from encrypted TPM Bitlocker

Question

Dears,

I have 2 questions.

This are the arguments:

1-

I have a notebook and I want to use Bitlocker to encrypt the C: disk (TPM is present)

When I enable the Bitlocker feature, it does not encrypt all the disk but it is istantaneously Encrypted (via powershell it shows 100% encrypted)

Question: Is it correct?shouldn't it start encrypting all the disk?

2- I encrypted my laptop disk; the laptop doesn't boot anymore, it is completely unrecoverable.

I have the recovery key; can I recovery my hard disk datas by connecting externally that disj via usb? How to do it?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to Bitlocker.

1. Yes that should be correct it will Encrypt as soon as you write new Data. which is good for your Disk performance.
2. Yes If you have recovery key then you can connect to any other Windows 10 or 11 Computer and use Recovery to access the Disk,

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