I took a few minutes off to peruse this group of posts. Interesting.
Maybe this isn't the place, but I felt it worth sharing a recent experience with a new laptop my GF bought and tasked me with prepping.

A few weeks before this though, I ran across a technical Windows site where a 'technician' was complaining that he had been handed an employee's laptop and had no way to get to the departed employee's data. He seemed pretty knowledgeable and had tried all the tricks. What he was up against was a Windows 11 Home version that had BitLocker. Respondents on the site were claiming this was impossible, as BitLocker only works on Windows Pro, not Home edition. I forgot about the thread.

And then... I was repartitioning the SSD memory on GF's new laptop and low and behold... it was BitLocker(ed). I checked, it was indeed Home edition. It seems Microsoft has gotten tricky and ties all this to your Microsoft account. The unsuspecting user or technical person that doesn't later have access to the Microsoft account on which the computer was factory Window's booted/setup from is screwed!

Beware of this stunt by Microsoft. Be prepared, or just remove BitLocker from the drive.