Windows 10: Cannot turn on bitlocker

Discus and support Cannot turn on bitlocker in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I had a corrupt windows profile and had to reinstall windows last week. I ended up with two hdd not the C drive showing the yellow exclamation point in... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by joturnage, Jan 29, 2025.

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    Cannot turn on bitlocker


    I had a corrupt windows profile and had to reinstall windows last week. I ended up with two hdd not the C drive showing the yellow exclamation point in explorer. I did a bunch of research and discovered it is a bitlocker issue. I used the command prompt to turn bitlocker off it would not turn off any other way on one of the drives as a test the yellow exclamation point is now gone and bitlocker is off and now I cannot get it to turn on. When I try to turn it on using the command prompt it tells me bitlocker won't work with my version of windows despite the fact it is ON the two other dri

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    joturnage, Jan 29, 2025
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