Hasleo Backup Suite V5.4.2.2 Released!

[Almighty1]

With Hasleo_Backup_Suite_Free_250816.exe, it appears that the unlocked Bitlocker partition which was actually encrypted was backed up encrypted using Direct Disk IO and also restored encrypted:

This is normal. When backing up using direct disk IO, BitLocker partitions remain encrypted because VSS is not used.

Good to know.  Are unlocked BitLocker partitions supposed to be encrypted or unencrypted?  Normally I thought when one turns BitLocker off, it will also unencrypt the partition, at least that was how it worked with the C: drive originally with Windows Home even though it was really Device Encryption and not the real BitLocker.  Dell in their support docs claims that all partitions are not BitLocker encrypted at the factory but it's Windows that does the encryption on it's own.

[admin]

This is normal. When backing up using direct disk IO, BitLocker partitions remain encrypted because VSS is not used.

Good to know.  Are unlocked BitLocker partitions supposed to be encrypted or unencrypted?  Normally I thought when one turns BitLocker off, it will also unencrypt the partition, at least that was how it worked with the C: drive originally with Windows Home even though it was really Device Encryption and not the real BitLocker.  Dell in their support docs claims that all partitions are not BitLocker encrypted at the factory but it's Windows that does the encryption on it's own.

For a BitLocker-encrypted drive, whether it is locked or unlocked, the data stored on the disk is encrypted. The reason we can access unencrypted data on a BitLocker encrypted drive in Windows is that Windows decrypts this data for us.

[Almighty1]

Good to know.  Are unlocked BitLocker partitions supposed to be encrypted or unencrypted?  Normally I thought when one turns BitLocker off, it will also unencrypt the partition, at least that was how it worked with the C: drive originally with Windows Home even though it was really Device Encryption and not the real BitLocker.  Dell in their support docs claims that all partitions are not BitLocker encrypted at the factory but it's Windows that does the encryption on it's own.

For a BitLocker-encrypted drive, whether it is locked or unlocked, the data stored on the disk is encrypted. The reason we can access unencrypted data on a BitLocker encrypted drive in Windows is that Windows decrypts this data for us.

You are right, I am still trying to learn about BitLocker.  It seems I got the terms off and unlocked confused.  Off means it's no longer BitLocker and unencrypted while unlocked means it's still encrypted.