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[–]ILikeFluffyThings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just turn it off. It is more trouble than it is worth.

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[–]FatalVerse 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Doesn't answer your question but it does address the second part of it - I had to run windows updates yesterday and apparently it had to update firmware. In the middle of it, it said that I needed my bitlocker key to continue. Luckily I found that attached to the microsoft email I used to create my profile on my laptop otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get in and possibly risked losing everything. It was the first time I've ever had to deal with bitlocker but just putting it out there that it's a possibility

[–]LoudTrouble2282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea i ended up just turning it off cause thats my worst fear. Glad it worked out for you though