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I did a Shift/Restart from Win11 Start menu, then picked Troubleshoot/Advanced Options/Command Prompt. It asked for Recovery key to get Elevated Command Prompt, but last reboot I skipped that, and got normal Command Prompt.

I've done a WInPE boot, and with an elevated command prompt, it tells me it is Encrypted. Also a "Dir" shows Folders, which is how I verified it was my System Disc, which is H: drive under WinPE boot. Also with WinPE boot, and UNelevated command prompt, it says "It's locked with Bitlocker...

yes, a few times is it because I don't actually have Bitlocker? or I don't actually have Modern Standby? And it is Win11 Home

Is this enough to show I have Encryption on? And should Lock Status show "Unlocked" ? Still not able to work out why System Drive C: doesn't show Lock icon, tho.

The only place I can find that tells me I have Encryption on System Drive: Note the lack of Lock icon on File manager snapshot.

Got rid of Volume Shadow Copies, and ran commands again. It worked this time. Thanks for all your help !!! Only problem now is, the C: Drive does NOT show the LOCK icon in Folder Explorer View.

Well, I found H: drive to be my System drive, on running Dir command. (I have a few extra disks and partitions mounted) So then I tried the "manage-bde -on h: -used" command and received an error saying: "Bitlocker cannot be enabled on the Volume because it contains a Volume Shadow Copy"...

Thank you so much for your time and effort, very much appreciated. I won't get to try it out until tomorrow late, but will get back to you with the outcome.

thx, will check back later. Have to go out. Wouldn't be because my hardware is a few years old? (Z390-UD)

Also, when I Shift/Restarted and picked "Troubleshoot/Advanced Op/Command Prompt", it didn't ask me for a Admin account password. Maybe this is because I auto login? But it took the following "manage-bde -on c: -used" command no problem. Everything up to adding "Protectors" command went no...

Thank you for the comprehensive information. I followed all your steps to the letter. After the cmd command "manage-bd -on c: -used", I had the "Used Space Only encryption is now in progress" come up in the same cmd window. I then rebooted to Win11 Home, and ran the cmd command "manage-bde c...

I've just bought an ASUS laptop, installed Win11 Home, and enabled Device Encryption. Works just like I'm trying to get ther PC to do. So looks like it's not possible, then. Thanks again for all the input from everyone.

And I think what you're saying is the case. My hardware isn't recent enough. So I wasted $20 on the module, will have to grin and bear it :)

That's the issue, Device Encryption does NOT show up in settings. I do use an Admin account. As far as why turning on encryption, that's another story. Decision was made long ago. Starting to think that "Device Encryption" isn't showing up because of "Sleep" state issues. I read this on...