BitLocker: Downsides, or things to keep in mind?

[Sumanji]

Hi,

I'm considering enabling BitLocker on my desktop PC (Windows 10 with four disks: 1 x NVME for OS/games, 1 x NVME for games, and 2 x SATA for files/data/pics etc.).

Anything to consider before doing this? It seems like read/write speed isn't an issue as long as the disk supports hardware based encryption, but is there anything else to keep in mind?

Thanks,

Su

 

[Sumanji]

...every now and again for no reason it will just stop working and need the recovery key

That doesn't sound ideal!

Practically what does this mean? On a boot drive does that totally stop you from getting into Windows? And if on a data drive, is it just inaccessible from Windows until you type the recovery key in somewhere?

 

[Sumanji]

Personally wouldn't bother on a home PC, if someone is stealing it I have bigger problems than my holiday snaps

More for things like bank statements, tax returns, scans of important docs etc.

 

[Sumanji]

Looks like recovery keys can be viewed online in Microsoft account details at any time? (At least this seems to be the case for my Surface Laptop)