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UriahRedwood
Iron Contributor
Jul 16, 2025

Need information before switching to W11

I am currently still using Windows 10. My PC did not have the necessary specifications to upgrade to Windows 11, the only thing missing was the activation of the TPM chip, which can be done with a BIOS update.

I am still hesitant to upgrade to Windows 11, what is putting me off is the hard drive encryption.
On my PC, I have 4 hard drives: 1 500 GB M2 SSD for the system, 1 1 TB M2 SSD for games and 2 3.5" hard drives of 2 TB each mounted in RAID 1 to save all my data.

I absolutely do not want encryption so I come here for information to know if I upgrade to W11 or not.

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  • Makiun's avatar
    Makiun
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 17, 2025

    Windows encryption tools like BitLocker work with RAID, but sometimes it can be tricky. If your RAID array is seen as a single drive, BitLocker can encrypt it, but it might require some configuration.

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