...and [for anyone interested] a cut-down version of BitLocker is automatically (and apparently silently) enabled where supported:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-device-encryption-overview-windows-10#bitlocker-device-encryption Something seems to have upset it though. As I can't find reports of such things on a larger scale, I suppose it probably isn't "necessarily" an update bug. Kind regards, Gareth On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 23:54, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > Apologies for all the messages - writing while researching. > > m3datarecovery doesn't seem to have a huge following so not sure about that. > > I know this isn't really the place (forgive me, and my original > question about dislocker (or other Linux techniques) still stands...) - > any recommendations appreciated. > > Thanks, > Gareth > > > On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 23:04, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > > I meant to say "Windows software" - it isn't by MS. > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 21:43, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > A friend with a Windows laptop recently found that BitLocker was > > > activated after applying > > > > > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/security-update-for-secure-boot-dbx-january-12-2021-f08c6b00-a850-e595-6147-d0c32ead81e2 > > > > > > (this seems to be a thing - > > > https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=windows+update+activates+bitlocker > > > ) > > > > > > but it didn't accept the correct recovery key. > > > > > > A quick Google suggests this means bitlocker is corrupted. > > > > > > There is some MS software which will hopefully perform recovery [see > > > solution 5 in...] > > > > > > https://www.m3datarecovery.com/bitlocker-drive-data-recovery/bitlocker-not-recognize-password-or-recovery-key.html > > > > > > - is there any likelihood that dislocker on Linux may be of use? > > > > > > Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Gareth > > > > > > -- > > > Please post to: [email protected] > > > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > > > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > Please post to: [email protected] > > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > Please post to: [email protected] > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: [email protected] Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
