You can still manually disable encryption if desired.
  • ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
    141·
    10 months ago

    You didn’t store the key anywhere but on that disk.

    Windows does not let you store the recovery key on an encrypted drive.

    The rest only means, we need to deal better with our data. All the above basically also applies when you HDD or SSD dies, which can happen any time.

    Backups is what you need, not an unencrypted drive.

    • dvdnet62@feddit.nlOPEnglish
      144·
      10 months ago

      not everyone is tech-savvy like folks on Lemmy. you can tell that to your grandma or your parents to do that to do regular backup. That is why it could cause a headache for repair business

    • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      31·
      10 months ago

      Well, it kinda does. If you choose to print your keys, you can use print to file and safe them to the encrypted drive, if you really want to for some reason.

      • ShortN0te@lemmy.ml
        21·
        10 months ago

        Yep but at this point it is obvious to the user that this is not the way it is supposed to be. When you want to shoot yourself in the foot…