Hi,
I recently had a problem with Bitlocker on a Dell XPS 13 laptop, where it was asking for the Bitlocker recovery key, which I did not have. I think that it may have been triggered by a BIOS change.
The laptop has Window 10 Home ( v20H2 Build 19042.1348) installed on it, but Bitlocker had been enabled by Dell (which I believe is standard practice).
As I did not have the key, I restored a recent Macrium image, which was successful. As I understand it, Macrium images and restores the drive unencrypted.
I wanted to re-enable Bitlocker on the OS drive, but there are no "Manage Bitlocker" options in Control Panel (presumably because it is Windows 10 Home).
I wondered if anybody could please help me with the following:
Any advise would be much appreciated.
I recently had a problem with Bitlocker on a Dell XPS 13 laptop, where it was asking for the Bitlocker recovery key, which I did not have. I think that it may have been triggered by a BIOS change.
The laptop has Window 10 Home ( v20H2 Build 19042.1348) installed on it, but Bitlocker had been enabled by Dell (which I believe is standard practice).
As I did not have the key, I restored a recent Macrium image, which was successful. As I understand it, Macrium images and restores the drive unencrypted.
I wanted to re-enable Bitlocker on the OS drive, but there are no "Manage Bitlocker" options in Control Panel (presumably because it is Windows 10 Home).
I wondered if anybody could please help me with the following:
- Will Bitlocker still be operational in the background (but not accessible via the UI)? How could I confirm this?
- If it is operational, will it have re-encrypted the drive? How could I confirm this?
- If it is not operational, is there a way to re-enable it (without having to purchase Win 10 Pro)?
Any advise would be much appreciated.