I hope that when I reset it I can set up the damn thing WITHOUT Bitlocker, jeez.
I found so many Reddits with angry betrayed users hating on #Bitlocker as much as I have been tonight.
I did get an external drive last autumn, thank GOODNESS, though there are some things that will just be lost.
Like this giant year-long document-scanning catch-up project I'm in the middle of was way behind on backups so YAY. I'm no longer in the middle of it. Now back near the beginning. 😑