I have an issue that I don't understand. I am trying to recover some files from a damaged windows 11 partition. The system was installed with standard settings, without intentionally activating bitlocker. The setting have displayed that "device encryption" was turned on, but not activated as I have refused to sign into my microsoft account after installing windows.
Using Hirens Boot CD (Win PE), I can access all files without using any password, but with Kali, I need a password. Since I don't need a password in Hirens, I assume that the drives are actually not encrypted.
Can somebody explain me, why I need a password in Kali, but not in Hirens Boot CD?
Thank you!