intel 600p - hardware based encryption under win 10 pro?

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Hi,

I just installed Intel 600p 256GB drive into Dell e5470 laptop with no other drives and when turning on bitlocker encryption it choose software based encryption.

Is there a known issue with Win 10 Pro v1607 or does the drive need a firmware update? Am i missing a step?

Side note, Intel SSD Toolbox is unable to access SMART info for drive, is that again because software update is necessary? The only change made to Windows is to enable Hyper-V. Nothing else is installed in host OS.

- UEFI mode only

- legacy/csm disabled

- secure boot enabled.

- TPM 2.0

Booted off thumbdrive to install Win 10 Pro x64 v1607.

Before install, i choose repair->... cmd shell->diskpart->clean->convert gpt (though it showed up as unitialized disk already)

After install had finished and system had all updates from Windows Update,(nothing broken in Device Manager) i enabled Bitlocker encryption but my only option was the software based encryption.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]

(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>manage-bde -status

BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version 10.0.14393

Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Disk volumes that can be protected with

BitLocker Drive Encryption:

Volume C: []

[OS Volume]

Size: 237.92 GB

BitLocker Version: 2.0

Conversion Status: Fully Encrypted

Percentage Encrypted: 100.0%

Encryption Method: XTS-AES 128

Protection Status: Protection On

Lock Status: Unlocked

Identification Field: Unknown

Key Protectors:

TPM

Numerical Password

C:\Windows\system32>

Did i miss a step?

thanks.

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Hello Hjsd68s,

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