Possibly linux to linuxmemesEnglish • 6 months agoDon't mess up secure boot with bitlockerlemmy.zipimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1306arrow-down1imageDon't mess up secure boot with bitlockerlemmy.zipPossibly linux to linuxmemesEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-24h2-will-enable-bitlocker-encryption-for-everyone-happens-on-both-clean-installs-and-reinstalls
minus-squareAmbiguousPropslinkfedilinkEnglish62•6 months agoRemember, always print your recovery code to pdf and save it to the same drive. This way, when it happens, you’re forced to only use Linux.
minus-square@pivot_rootlink6•6 months agoI had this happen to me with a hardware-encrypted bitlocker drive. I was forced to buy a new SSD, actually.
minus-square@pivot_rootlink8•edit-26 months agoWhen using Opal (hardware encryption), it locks down the drive. Not even a secure erase would wipe/release the damn thing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 months agoSo this process didn’t work? https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000037389/memory-and-storage/data-center-ssds.html
minus-square@pivot_rootlink2•6 months agoIt would have if I actually had the PSID 🥲 It was an expensive lesson to take photos of my new drives and store the PSID and serial numbers in KeePass.
minus-squareJohannes Jacobslinkfedilink3•6 months agoI thought Windows wouldn’t let you save it to the same drive? Its been a while, granted. But i had to plug in a USB or print it out.
minus-square@valkyre09link22•6 months agoIt is clever enough to not let you save the key to the same drive that’s encrypted. If you print to PDF the print dialogue box doesn’t care where you save the PDF.
Remember, always print your recovery code to pdf and save it to the same drive. This way, when it happens, you’re forced to only use Linux.
I had this happen to me with a hardware-encrypted bitlocker drive. I was forced to buy a new SSD, actually.
You couldn’t reformat?
When using Opal (hardware encryption), it locks down the drive. Not even a secure erase would wipe/release the damn thing.
So this process didn’t work? https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000037389/memory-and-storage/data-center-ssds.html
It would have if I actually had the PSID 🥲
It was an expensive lesson to take photos of my new drives and store the PSID and serial numbers in KeePass.
I thought Windows wouldn’t let you save it to the same drive? Its been a while, granted. But i had to plug in a USB or print it out.
It is clever enough to not let you save the key to the same drive that’s encrypted. If you print to PDF the print dialogue box doesn’t care where you save the PDF.
Ahh, never knew that!