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Reformat PC?
Hello! I have a question. I have windows 11 cd that I bought and usually when I reformat my pc by inserting the cd and there will be a page showing all my hard drive and solid state drive and I refo...
The short answer is: No, this is not the "normal" behavior of a standard, clean Windows installation that you initiate yourself. What you experienced is a strong indicator that your drives were encrypted with BitLocker, and the process you went through triggered a recovery scenario that wiped them.