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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Yes, it was once again bad news for Microsoft’s current OS. Its share fell for the second time in ...

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the drive.

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