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April 16th, 2021 07:00

Update BIOS Suspend BitLocker on Windows Home? Really?

On the instructions for updating BIOS, it says, "Before updating the BIOS, ensure that you suspend BitLocker encryption on a BitLocker-enabled system. If BitLocker is not enabled on your system, you can ignore this step"

I have Windows 10 Home, which does have BitLocker encryption (although I thought it was only for Windows 10 PRO).  I know because there is a key, and when I tried to boot into safe mode recently, I was asked to enter my BitLocker key.

But, on Windows 10 Home, there is no 'suspend' option.  I can only either turn encryption on or off.  If I turn it off, it will decrypt the entire drive (that's what it says anyway).

So the question:  Do I need to turn this encryption off?  Or does this not apply to systems with Windows 10 Home Drive Encryption?

Thank you,

Josh