Windows 10: My secondary Hard disk drives showing locked and asking for Bitlocker key

Discus and support My secondary Hard disk drives showing locked and asking for Bitlocker key in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi Guru's,Here is my problem.I have replaced my DELL inspiron's HDDWindows10 with SSD a year ago. Now I wanted to add my old HDD back as secondary disk... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Balakrishna Reddy Duvvuru, Aug 26, 2023.

  1. BALAKRISHNA REDDY DUVVURU
    Balakrishna Reddy Duvvuru Win User

    My secondary Hard disk drives showing locked and asking for Bitlocker key


    Hi Guru's,Here is my problem.I have replaced my DELL inspiron's HDDWindows10 with SSD a year ago. Now I wanted to add my old HDD back as secondary disk using Caddy and did it. When I switch on the laptop I see the secondary HDD drives are locked and asking for a 48 digit recovery key. I see the Primary SSD drives are active and I access all of them. Could you please help me to access the data in my secondary drive without formatting the drive.Regards,Balu

    :)
     
    Balakrishna Reddy Duvvuru, Aug 26, 2023
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  2. TEKNOPHILE
    Teknophile Win User

    Windows 10 1909 Causes Secondary Hard Drive to not be Recognized

    Installing the Windows 10 1909 Update causes my secondary hard drive to not be recognized.

    Steps to confirm issue:

    • Secondary drive not visible in Windows Explorer
    • Secondary drive not visible in device manager
    • Secondary drive not visible in disk manager

    Steps to replicate issue:

    • Installing 1909 update

    Steps to resolve issue:

    • Uninstall 1909 update

    Since updates can only be delayed for so long, an actual fix would be appreciated.
     
    Teknophile, Aug 26, 2023
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  3. CAMNTX
    camntx Win User
    Secondary drive locked with Bitlocker after factory reset

    I had to perform a factory reset on my Dell Inspiron 17-1779 after Dell updates were installed. My machine has an SSD primary drive and a secondary SATA drive. I can not access the secondary drive after the reset because it is locked with Bitlocker. I
    have gone to oneDrive and get the message "You don't have any BitLocker recovery keys in your Microsoft account." When I go to the "more info" I get instructions like find where you wrote it down...I never wrote it down because I didn't activate it. I have
    never heard of Bitlocker before, and now I am having a nightmare!!! My secondary drive is where I backed up my documents and work!

    I sincerely hope someone can help me!
     
    camntx, Aug 26, 2023
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  4. NEIL3087AU
    Neil3087AU Win User

    My secondary Hard disk drives showing locked and asking for Bitlocker key

    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?
     
    Neil3087AU, Aug 26, 2023
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