Windows 10: Crashed Laptop after bitlocker recovery, what to replace?

So at some point after setting up my laptop, I must have been prompted to encrypt my account with Bitlocker. I don't remember, and can't find a key anywhere where I would physically have it, nor is it in any of my associated Microsoft accounts, school or otherwise. I think I did not understand and stored it in a file on my laptop or thought it would save automatically in my account. At some point during an update to Windows 11, it went into Bitlocker recovery mode. Anyway, I know nothing can be recovered and no one can hack it for me. So at some point I worked through the blue screen prompts t

:)