Windows 10: BitLocker has locked me out and I don’t have any way to access the key.

I came home last night and when I opened my laptop I was greeted with a message for BitLocker recovery. I have never set this up and don’t have any key saved, nor is there a key for it on any of my Microsoft accounts that I have access to. I can’t hard reset my laptop because of this, and I have no other way to get into my computer. I don’t have too much that isn’t saved elsewhere, so if a factory reset is what it takes to be able to use my computer again that’s fine. I just need some help sorting this out and figuring out how to get back into my laptop.

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BitLocker Key

There may be a software that triggered the BitLocker in your Windows 10 PC. To assist you better, we suggest that you check these articles for further information:

• Find my BitLocker recovery key.
• BitLocker recovery keys: Frequently asked questions.

• BitLocker

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Bitlocker

Hello Nandana,

To enable BitLocker on your computer, you follow the steps below:

• Sign in to your Windows account with an administrator access.
• Press the Windows key.
• Type and enter BitLocker.
• Click Turn on BitLocker.
• If the system is asking to sing in to administrator access, please do so.

For additional information about BitLocker, we suggest that you check the frequently ask question on this
link. The link provided applies to Windows 8.1 to higher version.

If you have other concerns, don't hesitate to reach us.

 

Is there a way to unlock HDD Drive that's locked by Bitlocker without key?

Hello, after updating my laptop from Windows 10 to Windows 11 HDD drive (D is locked by Bitlocker.
Previously i didn't had Microsoft account, i used only my gmail account. I didn't use Bitlocker at all.

While updating to windows 11 i formatted only the C: drive, where Windows 10 was installed.
I created new mail and Microsoft account at the first start of Windows 11. After finishing the setup I saw that D drive is Locked, and to unlock it i need to have 48 digit key, that i don't have.
I didn't save any file anywhere, i didn't prepared no usb key, i didn't knew this bitlocker thing was active in my laptop at all.

Now when I access my new Microsoft account i see key for Bitlocker only for Drive C. (that helped me to disable bitlocker for Drive C).
Drive D is not in the list.

I tried to access this key check page with my gmail account, and I couldn't login (because it's not a microsoft account).
Also i checked cmd commands to see full Key ID that Bitlocker requires but it's not password to unlock.
I tried to disable SecurityBoot to see if this will show password, but still only the Key ID is shown.

After updating Windows i had to update BIOS too.

Now in BIOS i can see and save TPM keys, but none of them have same Key ID as bitlocker requires (this may be due to newer version of bios). Currently windows not allows me to roll back to previous BIOS version, because it's not supported.

I'm not even sure if TPM keys would help at all, to be honest.

As a final detail, i would add that the reason why i updated Windows to 11 and BIOS, is because latest windows update caused my graphic card to drop it's frequency for no reason at all. Temperature was 65 to 69 degrees max.
This caused games and video files to "stutter" or lag noticeably and no graphic card driver reinstall helped. I'm fixing this update aftermath for a week now, and after D: drive lock, I'm not able to work. I need data from that drive, formatting it is not an option for me.

Is there a way to request the key by only having Key ID?
How can i unlock my HDD?

Please help.