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Does bitlocker automatically lock the second drive when hibernating?
Hi. I have two drives, one with windows which is my main system, which has bitlocker. And another storage drive, which also has bitlocker. When I first boot up my PC, I have to enter my bitlocker password to access my PC. And then I also have to enter the bitlocker password for the second storage drive. This is good.
When I use hibernation mode, my computer switches off, and then when I load my computer back up, I will have to input the bitlocker password for my main windows drive again. But the problem is this time, the storage drive is already unlocked. It doesnt ask me to enter the bitlocker password for the storage drive again. It seems this is staying unlocked as soon as its unlocked the initial time.
So my question is, during hibernation, does this mean my storage drive is always unlocked, and technically somebody could take this drive out of my system, and the data will already be unlocked? Or is there a way to force the second storage drive to always be locked when I hibernate my PC? Just like it does with the main drive.