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Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption (www.neowin.net)

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[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had a small Win11 machine that I now have Ubuntu on. Win11 wouldn't let me use the whole disk because of the BitLocker bullshit. I had to dig through the menus and disable it then wait hours for it to finish decrypting. Fuck Microsoft. I'm proud to say me and my GF dont have a single Microsoft product in our home, and I'm keeping that way.

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why couldn't you just format the entire drive with the linux installer?

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I could only format the free space not used by the windows partition.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 6 points 2 months ago (15 children)

How are these people losing access to their MS accounts on their computers?

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All of the data I actually care about is stored on a NAS and backed up in triplicate. The only data actually on my PC are program files.

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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Since when is Bitlocker required? None of my files are encrypted, and I've been using 11 since it came out.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It automatically encrypts the drive only if admin has a Microsoft account (to backup the key on their cloud servers for easier ~~LEO access~~ data recovery) and the PC is a prebuilt

If one of the condition is not met, the automatic ransomware isn't enabled

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Did you use Rufus? You can bypass Bitlocker. Or your machine does not have TPM 2.0 (which you can also bypass)…?

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah I used Rufus. Always do for every OS install. Explains it lol

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[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I didn't expect Windows to become THAT shit. Well it's good for Linux I guess.

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