BitLocker recovery key saved my PC after an update locked me out. Here’s how I used the recovery key from my Microsoft account to unlock encrypted drives.

If you see This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup, enable WinRE, tweak Group Policy, ...

Since I turned off BitLocker, it has not crashed once. Does this make any sense? Could BitLocker really be the culprit? It seems so right now, but I'd appreciate any insight / advice.

Yes, you can unlock BitLocker encryption depending on how BitLocker was configured on your Windows 11/10 PC. If BitLocker was set up with a password, you can unlock the drive using that password.

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors in some managed Windows environments.

BitLocker recovery key saved my PC after an update locked me out. Here’s how I used the recovery key from my Microsoft account to unlock encrypted drives.