Windows 11 Yet another Bitlocker problem

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HiMicrosoft has come up with a new way to bamboozle me. Bitlocker, something I've never even heard of, let alone used. Okay, the computer is used, so maybe some previous user used it, but as far as I know the machine had a clean Windows install before sale. The HDD I bought new and never knowingly encrypted it.Today I installed a new SSD, and while I was at it, replaced the CMOS battery. I reinstalled Windows with an ISO on USB, and everything seemed fine, until I added in my HDD with around 4Tb of data on it. Then I got the dreaded enter the 48 digit recovery key to unlock the drive. I read M

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