Windows 10: Bitlocker has bricked my laptop

Discus and support Bitlocker has bricked my laptop in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Yesterday morning when I opened my laptop, it went to Bitlocker recovery.It cannot be bypassed - makes senseI tried all of the “reset” options,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Hypnovirus, Sep 16, 2023.

  1. HYPNOVIRUS
    Hypnovirus Win User

    Bitlocker has bricked my laptop


    Yesterday morning when I opened my laptop, it went to Bitlocker recovery.It cannot be bypassed - makes senseI tried all of the “reset” options, with/without files - all failI can see the laptop on my MS account, but the bitlocker key page, every way I have tried to open it results in “Sorry, something went wrong”. I tried Safari and FF from iPhone.I don’t know what to do next. I am ok with a clean slate reset.

    :)
     
    Hypnovirus, Sep 16, 2023
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  2. CARLDANDERSON
    CarlDAnderson Win User

    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
     
    CarlDAnderson, Sep 16, 2023
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  3. FIREBERD
    fireberd Win User
    Bios 1.9.0 bricked my notebook!

    Any update includes any and all previous updates.

    I see this note in the Installation instructions:
    Note 1: Before updating the BIOS, ensure that you suspend BitLocker encryption on a BitLocker-enabled system. If BitLocker is not enabled on your system, you can ignore this step. For information about how to disable BitLocker, see How to Enable or Disable BitLocker with TPM in Windows at support.dell.com.
     
    fireberd, Sep 16, 2023
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  4. PAOLA GAR
    Paola Gar Win User

    Bitlocker has bricked my laptop

    Need to turn off Bitlocker to install Windows 10

    Hi,

    We suggest doing the following steps again to resolve the issue. To complete the procedure, make sure that you have the following information:

    • You must be able to provide administrative credentials.
    • The drive must be BitLocker-protected.
    To suspend BitLocker Drive Encryption on an operating system drive, please follow the steps below:

    • Click Start, click Control Panel, click
      System and Security, and then click BitLocker Drive Encryption.
    • Click Suspend Protection for the operating system drive.
    • A message is displayed, informing you that your data will not be protected while BitLocker is suspended and asking if you want to suspend BitLocker Drive Encryption.
    • Click Yes to continue and suspend BitLocker on the drive.

    Let us know how it goes.
     
    Paola Gar, Sep 16, 2023
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