Windows 10: Bitlocked USB partition not mounting - Windows 10

I have two identical 32gb Sandisk USB 3 thumb drives divided into two partitions with the second on each bitlocked, and the same problem with each


With annoying regularity but not every time, Windows 10 Pro 64 is not showing the unlock dialogue box when the drive is inserted in my desktop pc; and once this has happened the unlock dialogue never appears again even after (many) reboot, AND even though I can succcessfully unlock the same thumb drive partition on my laptop. And it can happen to either drive - the only solution I have found so far being to reformat the partition, bitlock and wait for it to fail again.


DIsk Management shows the partition to be Unknown (BitLocker Encrypted) Healthy (Logical Drive) with no drive letter on my desktop pc, and not surprisingly I cannot add a drive letter. On my laptop it shows as FAT32 not Unknown.


I have also found that if I dismiss the unlock dialogue without unlocking the drive, then that causes the same problem every time, not irregularly.


Can anyone help please? I hope there is an easy solution or I have just been dumb as it is driving me CRAZY *Mad



Henry

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