"free/trial version doesnt allow encrypting/decrypting the Windows boot partition"

[hasors]

When using Explorer | C: | context menu | Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere | Turn On Bitlocker " this message pops up:



How were users supposed to try it on the system it's intended for? Standard systems only have a C:\ drive (a single partition) that is the boot partition , OS partition , data partition , ... all in one.


P.S. Trying to start the app itself only brings


Is that bc Windows Bitlocker has been removed before* (i.e. is HBA only a frontend to the actual Windows functions?)


* removed Microsoft-Windows-SecureStartup

P.S. Win10PROx64 Version 10.0.19044.1288
HBA Version 9.6 R1 (build 2025/02/07)