So, I am thinking that the BIOS update saw that the ‘ Block Micosoft Accounts’ was disabled, so encrypted the drive and then was looking for me to complete the process by waiting for me to turn things over to my Microsoft Account so that a recovery key could be created. The 4th attachment hows how it looked after I made the GP change. The 3rd attachment shows how it looked before I made the GP change (it comes from my other laptop, which still has the ‘ Not Defined’ setting’) However, there was no way to set the GP setting back to ‘ Not Defined’. I later learned that it could not do this because the machine does not use a Microsoft Account to log on. But, this didn’t make by Windows 10 Calendar say ‘Microsoft Account’ in the left panel. So I went to Group Policy|Computer Configuration|Windows Settings|Local Policies|Security Options, double clicked on the ‘ Not Defined’ and used the drop-down menu to select ‘ The policy is disabled’, which means that ‘Microsoft Accounts’ is not blocked. The only thing I can think of is this: I couldn’t get my Windows 10 Calendar to say ‘ Microsoft Account‘ in the left panel. I’ve done BIOS updates before and I’ve never had BitLocker do this (i.e., say that it is waiting for activation). I am wondering what could have precipitated the ‘ BitLocker is waiting for activation‘ and the yellow triangle. After about 45 minutes, the screen changed to say that decryption had completed, that ‘ BitLocker is OFF‘ and there was no yellow triangle anymore, i.e., the screen looked like it did before the BIOS update. I managed to get the screen to say that BitLocker was OFF with no yellow triangle by going to Settings|Update & Security|Drive Encryption and clicking on the box said ‘ Turn OFF‘ Then, a screen came up (I think it was the ‘Manage BitLocker’ screen) that said ‘ Decryption in progress’ and there was a line that began filling up left to right. See attachment.īut, after I did the BIOS update, I checked Manage BitLocker again, and it said BitLocker waiting for Activation and there was a yellow triangle. So, I updated the BIOS on my device.īefore I updated the BIOS, I checked Manage BitLocker (Control Panel|BitLocker Drive Encryption) and it said that BitLocker was OFF. I have received a notification from DELL about the need for a BIOS update. I have not installed any August patch or preview. You should select the drive and repeat the process.I am Win10, 21H2. You just need to insert your removable disk, and it shows as Removable disk drives. You can also encrypt a Removable disk by the same process. If you want to open the drive, it will ask the passwordġ1. After this process, your drive will be encrypted. If you are satisfied with the instructions, click Start Encrypting.ġ0. Do not close the dialog box while it is encrypting the files won’t encrypt. It will show some instructions before you start encrypting. Now, Choose how much of the drive you want to encrypt. Choose the option which is convenient to you. You can save it to your Microsoft account, or you can save it a File or even print. If you forget your password, there is a last chance to open the file using the recovery key to access your drive.ħ. Now, We have to choose where to store the Recovery key. We’re going to use a password, the most popular option, and you’ll need to enter a password for twice and the click next.Ħ. you can use a password, or if you have a smart card, you’ll need to insert a smart card and provide a pin, and you’ll be able to unlock the drive.ĥ. After analyzing a couple of options will be shown to how you want to unlock the drive. Now it’s going to analyze your drive and get ready to encrypt the file. If you have any other Fixed data drives, it will be shown below the hard drive.Ĥ. As an administrator you can turn on the bitLocker of the main hard drive by clicking the option which is right beside the drive representation, you can turn on the fixed data drives bitLocker. You’ll Notice, Operating system Drive, and by default, you will see that bitLocker is off.ģ. Now the Manage bitLocker will show up right at the top and click that it will take to the BitLocker Drive Encryption environment.Ģ. Type in right from the start screen BitLocker. There is a feature built in Windows 8.1 that will allow you to encrypt your drives, is called BitLocker.ġ. If you have a very confidential information stored on your Hard drive or may be on an external USB drive, Well, the best way to protect and keep it secure is to encrypt it.
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