Sn8100 - no hardware encryption - w10

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Unable to use hardware encryption for SN8100 2tb - w10. Latest firmware. Latest UEFI (MSI x870 tomahawk).

Forcing it by gpedit.msc will not provide expected result. It will be encrypted only in software mode.

for cmd: manage-bde.exe -status c:

result: Encryption Method: XTS-AES 128

sn8100 encrypted
sn8100 encrypted603×419 29.9 KB

ps. Please do not suggest I need “upgrade” to W11 →

“A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it”

"The researcher explained that they “just can’t come up with an explanation beside the fact that this was intentional. Also for whatever reason, only windows 11 (+Server 2022/2025) are affect, windows 10 is not.”

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Hi @kaszpires

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Tried few times.

Result:

sn8100 try tyo submit
sn8100 try tyo submit1756×1235 95.4 KB

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Basically - after long months - ZERO help / explanation / solution from SanDisk regarding inability of using Hardware Encryption on one of the Flag NVME…

Not surprise entirely but is it shameful and silly for Corporation of that size and potential in hardware / software engeneering.

It is much more ridiculous that there are problems with… Reporting problems using their own website / forms…

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Hardware encryption is enabled by default. It is transparent to the OS. The idea is that each drive ships with a unique encryption key and your data is transparently encrypted and decrypted with this key. When you set a password, this key is encrypted and the original key is discarded. The only way to recover your data is to decrypt the encrypted key with the correct password. It is done this way because, if anyone were to access the NAND flash directly, all they would see would be gibberish.