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    From GB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 21 14:57:26 2022
    I have W10 Pro, with an elderly I7 CPU, on an MSI H97M ECO motherboard.
    This has a TPM header, but no TPM fitted.

    It occurs to me belatedly that I should enable Bitlocker, but it
    complains about lack of a TPM. So, should I buy a TPM?

    I can bypass the TPM requirement by setting a security policy, but I am
    not sure whether there's any point in running it at all then?

    Also, I can get TPMs priced between £10 and £40. Is there any
    difference? I certainly wouldn't want to get locked out of my disc drive because I bought a crappy TPM.

    Any thoughts, please?

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 21 16:23:29 2022
    GB wrote:

    I have W10 Pro, with an elderly I7 CPU, on an MSI H97M ECO motherboard. This has
    a TPM header, but no TPM fitted.

    It occurs to me belatedly that I should enable Bitlocker, but it complains about
    lack of a TPM. So, should I buy a TPM?

    I can bypass the TPM requirement by setting a security policy, but I am not sure
    whether there's any point in running it at all then?

    that'll require you to either enter a start-up password, or store the encryption
    key on a USB stick.

    Also, I can get TPMs priced between £10 and £40. Is there any difference? I certainly wouldn't want to get locked out of my disc drive because I bought a crappy TPM.

    Any thoughts, please?

    I've only used bitlocker on machines that came with a TPM, never bothered fitting one to a machine without, so can't really comment on quality, I thought most of the stocks got panic bought by Win11 users?

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 25 16:57:12 2023
    My new Lenovo has a main drive of 474 GB. According to partition wizard it
    has no free space. It describes itself as C:(Bitlocker), disk management
    says it is encrypted, the bitlocker app only gives the option to turn
    bitlocker on not off.

    I told bitlocker to turn on then a couple of minutes later to turn off, it
    is decrypting now.

    This seems crazy, is it really likely to have arrived with bitlocker on? I
    have no idea what they key is.

    Partition wizard is now saying 9% used.

    Win 10 looks more and more attractive....

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    There are 3 types of people in this world. Those who can count, and those
    who can't.

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