Working with an existing Bitlocker-protected external drive on Windows 11 Home - will new data also be encrypted?

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Question:Computers running Windows 11 Home can access external data drives that were previously encrypted/protected using Bitlocker on another machine.But will *new* data that is written to the external Bitlocker-encrypted/protected drive by the Windows 11 Home computer also be encrypted/protected?Or, do we need to upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for that because of the limitations of Windows 11 Home with respect to Bitlocker on non-primary drives?Background:I have an external Bitlocker-protected SSD drive that I've used for data storage for years. It was Bitlockered using my old computer, which ran

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