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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I've just connected my main backup drive to the TPM-less desktop and unlocked it. Now it just works. The desktops data disc is synchronizing at the external drive's maximum speed of 125 MB/s.
So, it seems...
- Something went wrong with the file system on that backup drive yesterday.
- You don't need a TPM to unlock drives that have been encrypted with Bitlocker ToGo and a password. (Obviously you need a TPM if you want to encrypt your boot drive, as it has to be unlocked using the decryption key before Windows boots.)
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Glad to hear you got is sorted, but since I assume the backup drive is on your premises, under your control, why did you feel the need to encrypt it? Under what circumstances might someone
else get access to it and read it?
(An old friend a few years back was playing with Windows full disk encryption, and managed to lock himself out of his main system. He managed to restore order, but his wife was seriously considering finding somewhere else to stay for a few days while he got it sorted out because he was not fit to be around while he tried to solve the problem. Speaking personally, I wouldn't have chosen the boot drive on my main system as the one to use to experiment with full disk encryption...)
Here, data is backed up to USB thumb drives, and I feel no need for encryption. I live in a multi-unit dwelling with a front desk. The only way anyone gets anything of my machine is sitting down at the keyboard. If they can do
that, I've got bigger problems than
computer security.
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Dennis