Back in January Microsoft encrypted all my hard drives without saying anything. I was playing around with a dual boot yesterday and somehow aggravated Secureboot. So my C: panicked and required a 40 character key to unlock.

Your key is backed up to the Microsoft account associated with your install. Which is considerate to the hackers. (and saved me from a re-install) But if you’ve got an unactivated copy, local account, or don’t know your M$ account credentials, your boned.

Control Panel > System Security > Bitlocker Encryption.

BTW, I was aware that M$ was doing this and even made fun of the effected users. Karma.

  • nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    I had a windows home installation too, local rules may vary, but mine (India), I could turn it off from the command prompt.

    manage-bde -off C: (or any other drive) was what I used.

    Edit: nevermind, you meant that you wanted to change the key. That’s not possible, unfortunately, you might have to use some other encryption software.