Comments on: BitLocker Encrypted My Laptop Drive Without Warning

By: Mindblower

Mindblower — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:06:20 +0000

In reply to Joe Hill. Oh Joe. Are you some PhD person using Five dollar words like neophytes, when a more common (and down to Earth) word like Newbie is available? Please try not to offend those visiting and gaining knowledge from the excellent staff of writers. FYI, a Blog is far superior to a Forum in that it can show pictures, and here at DCT, one can experience both,. Have a nice day, Mindblower!

By: Marc Thomas

Marc Thomas — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:31:13 +0000

In reply to Joe Hill.

This is not a forum, Joe and those who reply to our articles are not ‘members’ but interested parties who enjoy reading DCT articles.
As for your insulting reference to DCT contributors being neophytes, I disagree emphatically.
I would suggest that if you feel you have something to offer, you back it up with some tech wisdom and write an article for us. If not, back up your own comments with solid data.

By: Marc Thomas

Marc Thomas — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:20:12 +0000

In reply to Adelaide. Thanks for the tip, Adelaide.

By: Joe Hill

Joe Hill — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:22:35 +0000

I have realized that DCT members are relative neophytes in computing / Windows OS / Any OS

I am a contributor to both DCT and AskWoody. I have found that the AskWoody members have much more to offer to those of us who have a moderate or higher understanding of how computers work.

I owe gratitude to Jim, who was instrumental in my involvement with DCT over a few-year-old thread about Macrium Reflect.

Besides that… I get a hollow echo from most of these threads on DCT .. does anybody know anything here? If so…. then challenge me! Tell me I am wrong and back it up with solid data –> otherwise I have nothing to learn here at DCT.

By: Adelaide

Adelaide — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:02:43 +0000

One of the first tasks on installing Windows, or after buying a PC with it preinstalled, is to turn off and disable unwanted Services, including BitLocker Drive Encryption Service.

BTW, BlackViper had maintained a list of services one might disable advantageously, and the old list is at https://github.com/madbomb122/BlackViperScript .

By: Sunny

Sunny — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 18:41:47 +0000

Odd. Yesterday I went to open a document from Documents folder and it was completely gone!!! Not in Recylcle Bin, not in One Drive.com (where it should not have been anyway, because I stopped syncing my local drive.) Fortunately I had a recent backup of my important files on a USB hard drive, but I still have no idea where my 5 GB folder of Documents went!!! I am using Win 11 Home, and all up to date. This business about Bitlocker encrypting things is very annoying!

By: Marc Thomas

Marc Thomas — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:20:12 +0000

In reply to Steve.

Steve
This is still in Control Panel, so open that and then System and Security>Bitlocker Drive Encryption>Turn on or off.
As for One Drive, you can disable it at start up through Task Manager.
Cheers
Marc

By: Joe Hill

Joe Hill — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:28:13 +0000

Another reason everyone at DCT should stop using consumer versions of Windows.

These things don’t happen to those of us using Windows 10/11 LTSC.

The consumer versions of Windows are basically unusable spyware (telemetry) at this point.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 02:07:39 +0000

Please expand on how to permanently disable bitlocker (and one drive).

By: John Ruelle

John Ruelle — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 01:53:34 +0000

weird things happen sooner or later…..It always pays to make regular full disk images