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  • Re: How to tell if you're using Bitlocker

    From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Char Jackson on Sat Oct 28 08:30:38 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10

    Char Jackson wrote:

    There have been some discussions about Bitlocker disk encryption in the past year or two so when I ran across this command, I thought I'd post it in case anyone isn't sure if they're using Bitlocker or not.

    From an administrator command prompt:
    manage-bde -status


    While you're at it, if bitlocker is enabled make sure you have a copy of
    the recovery key for each volume

    manage-bde -protectors -get C:

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to VanguardLH on Sun Oct 29 06:59:39 2023
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10

    VanguardLH wrote:

    Those using Home editions of Windows, like me, don't get Bitlocker.

    You were saying?

    C:\Windows\System32>manage-bde -status
    BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version 10.0.22621
    Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Disk volumes that can be protected with
    BitLocker Drive Encryption:
    Volume C: [Windows-SSD]
    [OS Volume]

    Size: 474.72 GB
    BitLocker Version: 2.0
    Conversion Status: Used Space Only Encrypted
    Percentage Encrypted: 100.0%
    Encryption Method: XTS-AES 128
    Protection Status: Protection On
    Lock Status: Unlocked
    Identification Field: Unknown
    Key Protectors:
    TPM
    Numerical Password

    C:\Windows\System32>systeminfo | find "OS Name"
    OS Name: Microsoft Windows 11 Home

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