Question Windows 11 Boot Drive Not Found After Enabling BitLocker

[SierraArgo]

The title says it all, unfortunately. I recently swapped my Windows over to a larger SSD. The cloning process disabled BitLocker on the new drive and I just went to re-enable it. The process seemed to go well, and I got my identifier and recovery key. I restarted my PC when it requested it and now it is saying that my boot device is either "unattached or inaccessible" and I can't access my PC. I've tried some troubleshooting and was wondering if anyone had any way of getting me back into my system since I'd really rather do nothing less than reinstall Windows alongside all of my games and mods. Any info would be appreciated since I haven't encountered this issue with Bitlocker before!

 

[helpstar]

set the boot priority to the correct drive.
how did you clone it?
any other drives connected?
try booting with a windows installation usb flash drive. eventually repair the windows installation of your drive with it

 

[SierraArgo]

I tried repairing it with some old install media I had, but it was for 10 instead of 11, and I had no luck. I'm working on getting new install media from the MS site in case that was the issue. Do you have any other ideas in the meantime?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Do you have any other ideas in the meantime?

Redo cloning and do not enable bitlocker.

 

[onespeedbiker]

Do you still have your original SSD? As mentioned, you could try and clone it again, however I would disable Bitlocker before cloning the drive (it's my understanding this is highly recommend and possibly the cause of your issue) and than enabled if necessary afterwards. BTW, are you concerned someone will steal your SSD and try to extract it's data? Because that is really the only reason you would want to enable Bitlocker.