HP laptop suddenly asked for bitlocker recovery key after updating on windows 11.

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Anonymous
2022-08-31T21:45:58+00:00

I just updated my laptop and suddenly got a message that I need to enter a recovery key. However, I have never set up a BitLocker recovery key and I think it was enabled through the update which has now locked all of my data. I have a lot of coding that I have saved onto my local drive on the laptop and didn't know this could happen one day. What should I do? Is there any compensation I could get from this? I bought it from BestBuy a year ago.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-26T02:30:13+00:00

    Can you right click command prompt and select "run as administrator"?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-25T23:45:34+00:00
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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-25T23:25:43+00:00

    Amazing!!! While I don’t have an Envy, I just ran into this issue on my HP Pavilion. It decided to shutdown and update during a test for school. I followed your solution (with a slight difference being a different computer) and was able to finally gain access! This saved me a lot of heartache.

    Now the issue I am running into…where do I find my recovery key now that I’m in my computer?!

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  4. Craig Long 18,640 Reputation points
    2022-09-18T18:55:24+00:00

    Dan, you saved me with your helpful guide. I can't thank you enough. I am away from home for an extended period of time and wouldn't be able to work without this laptop. I was going to have to buy another laptop today so I didn't lose a day of work.

    MICROSOFT GET YOUR S*** TOGETHER MAN THIS PROBLEM IS POSTED ABOUT ALL OVER THE INTERNET. WHAT YEAR IS THIS 1990??? THIS BS YOU PUT US THROUGH WITH EVERY OPERATING SYSTEM I HAD PTSD FLASHBACKS TO USING WINDOWS 98 AND THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!

    Find that key. The same thing could happen again. If you don't have a key then turn off Bitlocker.

    When you turn on Bitlocker again be sure and save that key.

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  5. Craig Long 18,640 Reputation points
    2022-09-07T08:39:30+00:00
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