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Our recently purchased Win 11 laptop went through a regular update, but also gave us the bitlocker key request. We do not see the bitlocker key under our email, do we have to reinstall windows, can we save some files?
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Copy, thanks.
Yeah, I have done that a few times but was unsure about Win 11.
I downloaded the creation tool to a 64gb USB and upon install I got the message saying the system didn't meet the requirements of Win 11....which in fact it has Win 11 installed.
Yes, as long as you have Win11 license? Did it come with your device? If so, you shouldn't even need to worry about license. It will automatically activate.
I will share the whole spiel.
Video tutorial is available here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsinsider/...
To perform a clean installation of Windows 11 using the Windows Media Creation Tool. You do need to get access to another computer so you can download the Windows installation files into a flash drive, then use the flash drive to help your computer. Hopefully you have a spare computer, or you can have friend or family help you.
The following steps should be done on a working Windows computer:
Download the Windows Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's official website. https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/win... click on the "download now" button under "Create Windows 11 Installation Media"
Run the tool and select "Create installation media for another PC."
Choose "USB flash drive" as the media to use for the installation and select "Next."
Connect a USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of free space to your computer.
Select the USB flash drive you want to use, and then select "Next."
The tool will then download the required files and create the installation media.
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Now these steps will be done on your problematic computer:
Go to the computer's BIOS boot menu to have it boot from the USB drive.
Follow the on-screen instructions to install Windows 11, making sure to choose "Custom install" and select the option to delete all existing partitions.
Once the installation is complete, you'll have a clean installation of Windows 11 on your computer.
Can I download a win 11 install on usb and get full win 11 access?
There's a chance your school IT has the copy of the key via their Intune admin center - only admin user can access. That cannot be ruled out yet. So it is worth a try.
Otherwise, yes, clean install is the only option because Microsoft doesn't provide you the bitlocker key. And cracking bitlocker key would mean bitlocker key is not working and defeats the purpose. Sorry.
Ok, so if by chance that happened, I guess the only action is a fresh win 11 install?
