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For BitLocker to work, the operating system drive must be formatted with which file system?

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  1. exFAT
  2. ReFS
  3. NTFS

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  1. BitLocker overview, Microsoft Learn learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/operating-system-security/data-protection/bitlocker Checked 2026-10-10.

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