My hard disk has been locked by bit locker automatically.

Afzal Ahamed 1 Reputation point
2021-05-06T15:46:36.337+00:00

I brought a new laptop by replacing my older laptop, I removed my old laptops hard disk and replaced with my new laptop. now on my computer the local disk are locked with bit locker and when i going to open that lock it ask for recovery key. i dont have any recovery key. can any one please help me with this problem.
Thank you

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  1. Miles 1,251 Reputation points
    2021-05-07T06:44:29.24+00:00

    Hi

    The reason for local disk is locked with bitlocker automatically is that when you got the old computer, bitlocker has been triggered by oem.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/oem-bitlocker
    We could remove the hard disk from new computer and insert it back to the old laptop

    best regards

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  2. Miles 1,251 Reputation points
    2021-05-12T05:53:20.56+00:00

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