BitLocker not encrypting? – Microsoft Community

We have several HP ElitePad 1000 G2 tablets running Windows 10 Pro that we want to set up encryption on.

The order of events that we are doing to accomplish encryption are:

1. Turn on Bitlocker from Control Panel > System and Security2. Select "Save to a file" when asked how I wanted to back up the recovery key3. Select "Encrypt entire drive" and "New encryption mode"

At this point, some of the tablets would spend hours apparently encrypting the SSD. Some of the tablets said the encryption was done after a few moments.

4. Add a startup PIN5. Restart the tablet to make sure the PIN was prompted for (it was)6. Check the encrypted status of the tablet by entering "manage-bde -status c:" at a Command Prompt. All tablets reported back someting like:

Volume C: [Windows][OS Volume] Size: 103.67 GB BitLocker Version: 2.0 Conversion Status: Fully Encrypted Percentage Encrypted: 100.0% Encryption Method: XTS-AES 128 Protection Status: Protection On Lock Status: Unlocked Identification Field: Unknown Key Protectors: TPM And PIN Numerical Password

7. Check whether BitLocker was actually encrypting files on the C: drive a. Create a new text file on the C: drive b. Copy the file to a USB flash drive (or email it as an attachment)

c. Download the file on another system

Upon opening the file on the other system, I found that it was not encrypted and everything was visible in clear text.

There seems to be something fundamental that I am missing or misunderstanding about just what BitLocker is supposed to be doing.

This link (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd163562.aspx) indicates that encryption is available only on NTFS (which the tablet is formatted as), and that if you copy the file to a floppy disk or to any other file system, the file is no longer encrypted. I'm assuming this is old information (the "floppy disk" part kind of dates it) not relevant to BitLocker.

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