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Using suspension doesn’t decrypt the data.

you’re free to use values0through15, while zero suspends BitLocker until you resume the protection manually.

Suspend BitLocker

Once you complete these steps, your machine will temporarily stay without encryption protection to perform system changes.

BitLocker Drive Encryption

Suspend protection

BitLocker resume protection

PowerShell suspend protection

BitLocker resume protection PowerShell

Command Prompt disable BitLocker

Command Prompt enable BitLocker

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Windows 11 powercfg commands

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