Bit Locker?

[bradl79]

is it safe to turn off bit locker on SP4, so if i want to do a system image recovery, i wont have issues with the recovery key?

 

[bradl79]

did i say it wrong?

 

[leeshor]

It's almost as if you had 2 questions. It it safe to turn it off, your choice, it won't harm anything. As for the image, if you use Acronis or Macrium for imaging there is no need to turn it off. Do you know/have your key?

 

[bradl79]

yes i do have my key, if i use the windows version to create a system image, would i still need the key if i need to do a restore of windows system image if i have bitlocker off

 

[leeshor]

If it's off, it's off. You don't need a key if there's nothing to use it for.

 

[bradl79]

lol thank u leeshor, i am just not used to having a device where i cant change things out if i need, like changing out the ssd or installing a custom OS without the possibility of not fing thing up

 

[bradl79]

It's almost as if you had 2 questions. It it safe to turn it off, your choice, it won't harm anything. As for the image, if you use Acronis or Macrium for imaging there is no need to turn it off. Do you know/have your key?

to use macrium, how can i boot to usb, i made a recovery drive and it works on my latop but i can't boot to macrium recovery drive on sp4, thank u

 

[leeshor]

Solved - Change UEFI to Boot From Flash w/o Volume Down

 

[bradl79]

Solved - Change UEFI to Boot From Flash w/o Volume Down

it won't boot at all, i know the USB recovery works b/c i have used it on another laptop and it boots, even if i do the volume down and even turned off TPM and changed boot orders, do i need to change anything else in the UEFI

 

[leeshor]

What's the OS of the other system? What did you use to format the USB boot?

 

[bradl79]

What's the OS of the other system? What did you use to format the USB boot?

its also windows 10 alsoi installed the macrium software on that laptop and created a recovery USB from that laptop

 

[leeshor]

Maybe someone else has an idea. I'm out.