Windows 10: Laptop's primary SSD C Drive corrupted. Secondary drive HDD was Bitlocker enabled....

Hi Guys,I really need your help here.My Machine:- Asus laptop with Ryzen 5 / Primary drive - NVME M2 / Secondary Drive - HDD OS- Win 10So I am a habitual photographer and have got lots of pictures in my laptop. I usually store the pictures in HDD as it has more space. Recently I got my Laptop's primary NVME windows C Drive corrupted/Dead while the secondary drive HDD D Drive was Bitlocker encrypted. I got a new NVME and reinstalled Windows and then upgraded the win 10 to Win 11. Initially, I didn't notice anything as D drive was working fine I don't frequently check my previous folders a

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Prompt For Bitlocker Recovery Key For Secondary Internal HDD After Reboot

Have rebooted my laptop (Dell G7) and drive D: (secondary) was not accessible until the Bitlocker Recovery Key was entered.

It appears to be treating this drive as external with a Drive Type of "SDV" and not internal. As in the manage this device section the secondary drive is not listed and only the primary drive C: is listed.

How do make this drive internal?

 

Bitlocker VHD on secondary drive, Primary drive formatted

The VHD file is located on "E: Old"

When I attempt to mount the VHD file in E in Windows I get "the disc image file is corrupted". Second bde status

 

Clone Bitlocker enable drive to SSD

Hello, I received a new Samsung 860 EVO SSD and want to clone my current HDD to my new SSD. There's one small problem. My laptop came pre-enabled with Device Encryption also know as Bitlocker. It originally came with Windows 10 Home but I upgraded it
to pro so i have all options available. I was about to clone it when Macrium reflect said that bitlocker would be disabled on the new drive and that i would have to reenable it. How can i clone the HDD to my new SSD and keep bitlocker enabled without bitlocker
flipping out?