Windows 10: External HDD suddenly locked by Bitlocker, but I never used Bitlocker! Never even heard of...

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    External HDD suddenly locked by Bitlocker, but I never used Bitlocker! Never even heard of...


    I have a "My Passport" external HDD. I use it to backup ALL my photos, and it is the only place my entire music mp3s library is stored.It worked fine last night. I opened up my laptop this morning, and got a message saying that the drive is locked and "Bitlocker protected," and it asks for some 48-digit key! I had no idea what this even meant, until I googled it and discovered the BAD NEWS.I have never used Bitlocker. Nobody else uses this laptop Dell. It worked fine last night. I left my computer on and it went to sleep; when I opened it this morning, my external HDD is now apparently LO

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