startup key

Most Windows laptops that refuse to boot unless a particular USB stick is inserted are not haunted — they’re protected by BitLocker’s startup key mechanism, a deliberately blunt but effective way to turn a machine into a physical key-and-lock system that prevents a thief from even reaching the...

*I am not sure if this is the right spot for this* Hello. I have a laptop with an SSD and a hard drive. I already have windows 10 installed on the ssd and I want windows XP on there as well. First of all, how much space does windows XP need? I have about 100gb of space on the ssd for XP. Is...

When attempting to turn on BitLocker using a Startup Key as a protector and the system check option is accepted, BitLocker restarts the machine to complete the hardware test. If the USB drive holding the Startup Key is removed, or if USB ports are not... More...

When attempting to turn-on BitLocker using a Startup-Key as a protector and the system check option is accepted. BitLocker restarts the machine to complete the hardware test. If the USB drive holding the Startup-Key is removed or if USB ports are not... More...

When we enable BitLocker Drive Encryption on Samsung 900x Series machines and we are using USB startup keys or USB Recovery Keys for BitLocker, USB enumeration does not work if we resume the machine from Hibernation Mode. Link Removed

Hey guys, I have a problem :frown: Has anyone played with bitlocker? I have encrypted my drives and made a usb key. This works great but thought I need to duplicate the key - just in case... When I go into "manage bitlocker" I put in another USB stick and click "duplicate the startup key"...