Windows 10: After enabling Bitlocker in Windows 10 and restarting the PC, I can login but upon doing so...

PC information:Windows 10New Dell PCHard drive size being encrypted: 1 TBNot domain joinedBitlocker key backed up to file and properly saved outside PCIssue: I enabled Bitlocker and after logging in the PC won't respond to any keyboard or mouse inputs.Attempted solutions:Hard restarting PCWaiting 24 hours---Timeline:Friday afternoon:I enabled Bitlocker with the option "new encryption mode" on Friday afternoon, restarted the PC as I was prompted too, and then locked my PC for the weekend. This was a mistake as the PC went to sleep within five minutes after locking which I forgot it did. Monday:

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BitLocker won't enable on Windows 10 after update on Aug 9

Hi Brenda,

I would be happy to assist you.

Before I assist you I would like to know the information below,

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  Do you have a Windows 10 copy of the operating system?
  

I suggest you check whether the Bit locker is ON or OFF using the steps below.

Can you verify if BitLocker is enabled or disabled on your device? You can Enable/disable BitLocker by going to Desktop and follow these steps:

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  Swipe Right to Left to bring up the Charm.
  
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  Choose Settings.
  
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  Choose Control Panel.
  
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  Select BitLocker Drive Encryption.
  
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  Verify whether BitLocker is on or off on each device.
  

Also I suggest you to enable the WinRE so that you can enter the bit locker key and proceed.

When WinRE is disabled, you cannot enable BitLocker, and you receive an error message that resembles the following.

This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup. Ask your administrator to configure Windows Recovery Environment so that you can use BitLocker.

The solution would be to manually enable the windows recovery environment:

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  Copying the winre.wim file from c:\windows\system32\recovery\ to a folder on a recovery partition. (The partition need to have a drive letter at this point.)
  
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  Set the RE Image path. Example: reagentc /setreimage /path r:\recovery\windowsre
  
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  Enable RE with command: reagentc /enable
  
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  (You may remove the drive letter for the recovery partition after you have done this.)
  
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  Bit locker will be enabled.
  

If the issue still persists, suggest you to post your query on the below link.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831507(v=ws.11).aspx

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

Thank you.

 

Bitlocker Randomly Enabled

Hi,

On my personal Lenovo laptop, Bitlocker somehow randomly was enabled. I have not enabled it, and I followed the recovery steps without luck. It seems that it was enabled during an update. I logged into my Microsoft account, see that the laptop is listed, but there is no bitlocker key listed. I am at a loss on what the next steps might be for me to be able to log into my computer at this point.

Carl

 

How do I suspend Bitlocker in Windows 10?

Hi Kev,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing with placing the device in sleep mode and waking up, we will help you with this issue.

As your concern is to Turn off BitLocker in Windows 10, try the below and check if it helps.

Step 1: Stop BitLocker Device Encryption service.

• Login as an administrator.
• Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
  services.msc, Services window gets opened.
• Search for BitLocker Device Encryption service, right click on it and click on
  Stop.
• Restart the computer.

Step 2: Also, refer to the below Microsoft article about:
Turn on or off BitLocker

Note: The steps mentioned in the article applies to Windows 10 as well.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.