✳️ It's important to understand when backups of encrypted drives are encrypted and when they're not.
✳️ BitLocker Backup Basics
Most software operates on files as they appear to you. Therefore, backups from a BitLocker-encrypted drive typically store files in an unencrypted form. Exceptions include sector-by-sector backups and backups made without signing in, both of which can only back up as encrypted. Make sure your backups are accessible, and then choose secure storage or program-specific encryption to protect them.
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Chapters
0:00 With BitLocker Are My Backups Encrypted?
1:15 How disks arrange files
3:15 Bitlocker encryption
4:15 Backing up data on an encrypted drive
6:45 Backups from rescue media
7:50 Dealing with encrypted backups
8:35 Figuring out which one you have
9:15 What about backup-program encryption?
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