Bitlocker help?

[learninmypc]

On my HP Desktop I decided to do an offline scan with WD, as it was rebooting, I was looking else where, turned back to screen & it was asking for a Bitlocker key , I have no idea what it was talking about, I went to click on the continue button when an unexpected power outage hit. Power came back on, powered up & it booted up fine. Any help is appreciated. Very confused.

 

[learninmypc]

Why is my PC asking for BitLocker recovery key?


BitLocker needs your recovery key to unlock your drive because your PC's configuration has changed. This may have happened because a disc or USB device was inserted. Removing it and restarting your PC may fix this problem.
I had 2 USB flash drives in it, both were removed but problem still happened. I'm confident my pc is clean but I've NEVER installed anything bitlocker on here

 

[learninmypc]

Too weird, no idea what I may or may not of done, but its working fine now

 

[Passcode3463]

Regardless of the reason, you should know that your drive is likely encrypted with BitLocker, and you can usually find the recovery key in your Microsoft account: search for "bitlocker key microsoft account."

If you are not confident that you will be able to access your Microsoft account without the computer, you may want to download the key and keep it stored safely offline.

Without a key, most likely currently in the TPM, or the key you stash off somewhere, one day you might completely lose the contents of that drive.

 

[learninmypc]

Ok, since last post, I have seen upon rebooting to do an offline scan a loooong alpha/numeric (32) code, might it be the code to type in to do offline scan??

 

[learninmypc]

32 character alpha/numeric number, do I type it into the white area to do an offline scan?

 

[learninmypc]

32 character alpha/numeric number, do I type it into the white area to do an offline scan?

YES or no??

 

[Passcode3463]

YES or no??

NO. If you export to a recovery file, the content of the file will have these similar lines:

Identifier:

XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Recovery Key:

NNNNNN-NNNNNN-NNNNNN-NNNNNN-NNNNNN-NNNNNN-NNNNNN-NNNNNN

The Identifier, a 32-character hex separated by "-", is the identifier of the key.

The following recovery key, a 48-character decimal, is the key you need to input. Copying and pasting it normally works.

What you saw was the 32-character identifier, prompting you to enter the matched 48-character key, which you need to have saved previously or have stored in your MS account.

 

[learninmypc]

Thanks, too confusing for me

 

[Passcode3463]

You can ask ChatGPT using this prompt:

Explain this post in relation to Bitlocker: (and paste my post above here)

 

[learninmypc]

If ChatGPT is AI, I do not trust it

 

[learninmypc]

Ok, 10 months later (today) I decided to do an offline scan on same computer & no mention of bitlocker key or anything, the scan went fine & rebooted no problem.

 

[learninmypc]

Am very confused, earlier today I decided to do another offline scan till I got to a screen with options, reset, go back to W11, repair & more, no mention of Bitlocker. Returned to desktop. Today it succesfully completed an offline scan, very confused, pc is fully updated & clean.

 

[learninmypc]

Over a year old, same desktop PC, did an offline scan this morning & no bitlocker mention at all. Probably another unsolvable mystery.

 

[abactuon]

Windows terminal (as Administrator)

manage-bde -status

Disk volumes that can be protected with
BitLocker Drive Encryption:
Volume C: [System]
[OS Volume]

Size: 231,96 GB
BitLocker Version: None
Conversion Status: Fully Decrypted
Percentage Encrypted: 0,0%
Encryption Method: None
Protection Status: Protection Off
Lock Status: Unlocked
Identification Field: None
Key Protectors: None Found