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I F*cked up and I need help.
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Not exactly true on Windows. BitLocker is enabled by default when signing in with an MS account, which is what I’ve done for nearly a decade and I think is the cause of my confusion. I’m just use to encryption being enabled by default and not having to think about it.
I have NEVER seen personal windows with encryption, I have dual booted and retrieved data from windows computers for everyone else since forever and have never ever seen an encrypted drive. I'm sure some people do encrypt theirs but it's definitely not on by default, same as on Linux where it's one click during the installation that most people don't click.
It’s enabled by default when you login to windows with a Microsoft account, which they very rudely push on you and make it very difficult to login with a regular local account.
Not as far as I know. I've logged in with MS accounts on Windows and still been able to read the disks. Ok Windows 10 and above last one I used was 8.