I'm reasonably certain that my last windows 10 update(I have a cheap <$200 Lenovo 100S laptop) borked a driver, as an error I saw claimed as much, and now I've entered Bitlocker hell. Microsoft, of course, was no help, I got someone reading a script in bad English who suggested things I can only do if the thing booted, which it won't.
The error I see on the "please enter recovery key" page says that the secure boot process changed. No changing back until I unlock the damn thing.
I can't reset it because it's locked and needs the recovery key The website that the bitlocker screen directs me to is a non functional Microsoft page that says 10 is no longer free.
I'm being prompted for a Bitlocker recovery key on startup. I can't get it through my Hotmail address (long story), and doing the "manage bde protectors get" does not produce the recovery key, but a numeric password (that has letters in it).
I don't ever remember even enabling Bitlocker and I don't have any papers from when I bought my nearly new paperweight.
The error I see on the "please enter recovery key" page says that the secure boot process changed. No changing back until I unlock the damn thing.
I can't reset it because it's locked and needs the recovery key The website that the bitlocker screen directs me to is a non functional Microsoft page that says 10 is no longer free.
I'm being prompted for a Bitlocker recovery key on startup. I can't get it through my Hotmail address (long story), and doing the "manage bde protectors get" does not produce the recovery key, but a numeric password (that has letters in it).
I don't ever remember even enabling Bitlocker and I don't have any papers from when I bought my nearly new paperweight.
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