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Copying bitlocker encrypted drive
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When I cloned the Samsung 2TB ssd C: drive from my laptop (using Samsung migration software) to another exactly same Samsung ssd (which I keep temporarily in a usb caddy to be removed & replaced into laptop in case of emergency), it gave a message saying the C: drive was encrypted and would need to be decrypted before cloning which could take quite a while.

I decrypted it but never bothered re-encrypting because I didn’t want to keep doing it again for future clones and also someone told me this is a requirement of all such programs. But my data is vulnerable if the laptop is stolen.

So before I re-encrypt it, my question is: I know Hasleo Backup must be superior to Samsung Migration software, so can it clone an encrypted drive to another ssd in a usb caddy without the need to first decrypt it? Also can it image encrypted C drive.

I know Hasleo say it preserves BitLocker encryption after restore, but don’t know if this means encryption has to be disabled and then re-enabled with same key, or if it all just works. I don’t want to re-enable it, without asking first.
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Hasleo Backup Suite currently only supports backing up and restoring BitLocker encrypted drives while maintaining encryption; the cloning feature does not currently support maintaining encryption. However, you do not need to manually decrypt the drive before cloning, because Hasleo Backup Suite uses VSS for cloning, and the data it reads from BitLocker encrypted drives is already decrypted.
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