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nikos
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does anybody use bitlocker and does it work with xplorer2?
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Re: bitlocker

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Yes I use bitlocker on my system drive and on 2 external usb hard drives.

xplorer2 has worked perfectly with these drives for several years

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are you doing anything special to access the drives? Does xplorer2 ask for the password?
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Re: bitlocker

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no, xplorer2 works with bitlocker INvisibly.

The 2 external drives have "auto unlock on" and xplorer2 does not need to ask for a password and works without trouble.
However if I logged out of Bitlocker for one of the drives
and then asked xplorer2 to view files on it,
Then I would be asked for the bitlocker password first.
OTOH I always assumed it was the system doing the asking and not xplorer2.

I was wrong to say that my system drive was bitlocked, on my main computer; but on my laptop the system drive is encrypted without problem.

Can I help further?