Windows 10: Determine Bitlocker status / enable in Windows 11 Home without Microsoft Account

Hi there,I'm having a hard time trying to figure out whether Bitlocker is enabled or not, if it is possible to enable it, and how to backup the encryption key. This is a new HP pc i have bought recently;1. Can some1 clarify whether Bitlocker is currently active?PS C:\Users\David> Get-BitLockerVolume ComputerName: PC04VolumeType Mount CapacityGB VolumeStatus Encryption KeyProtector AutoUnlock Protection Point Percentage Enabled Status---------- ----- ---------- -----

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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

 

BitLocker won't enable on Windows 10 after update on Aug 9

Hi Brenda,

I would be happy to assist you.

Before I assist you I would like to know the information below,

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  Do you have a Windows 10 copy of the operating system?
  

I suggest you check whether the Bit locker is ON or OFF using the steps below.

Can you verify if BitLocker is enabled or disabled on your device? You can Enable/disable BitLocker by going to Desktop and follow these steps:

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  Swipe Right to Left to bring up the Charm.
  
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  Choose Settings.
  
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  Choose Control Panel.
  
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  Select BitLocker Drive Encryption.
  
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  Verify whether BitLocker is on or off on each device.
  

Also I suggest you to enable the WinRE so that you can enter the bit locker key and proceed.

When WinRE is disabled, you cannot enable BitLocker, and you receive an error message that resembles the following.

This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup. Ask your administrator to configure Windows Recovery Environment so that you can use BitLocker.

The solution would be to manually enable the windows recovery environment:

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  Copying the winre.wim file from c:\windows\system32\recovery\ to a folder on a recovery partition. (The partition need to have a drive letter at this point.)
  
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  Set the RE Image path. Example: reagentc /setreimage /path r:\recovery\windowsre
  
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  Enable RE with command: reagentc /enable
  
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  (You may remove the drive letter for the recovery partition after you have done this.)
  
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  Bit locker will be enabled.
  

If the issue still persists, suggest you to post your query on the below link.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831507(v=ws.11).aspx

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

Thank you.

 

BitLocker status "ON" but Account Shows Status "OFF"

Hi All,

I am making a set of small assumptions around BitLocker here. So feel free to point and laugh if I have got it all wrong.

I recently turned BitLocker on for all my drives and selected my Microsoft account as my recovery key location.

My BitLocker manager within Windows indicated that Encryption is done and all drives have BitLocker turned "ON".

However, I noticed that within my Microsoft Account Manager on the browser, all three drives have my BitLocker status as "OFF".

Assuming the "OFF" is an indicator as to if BitLocker is enabled or disabled, why do I have an "ON" status within Windows and "OFF" on my Microsoft account?