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HP PCs – Using BitLocker or Finding the Recovery Key (Windows x)
This certificate is for HP computers that support BitLocker Drive Encryption or Device Encryption.
Device encryption prevents unauthorized individuals from accessing your device and information. Your reckoner might support
BitLocker Drive Encryption
(in English language) or
Device Encryption
(in English).
You can bank check whether your device supports standard BitLocker encryption or Device Encryption.
Be sure to save your recovery key, because information technology might exist required afterward sure deportment, such as a BIOS update.
Data protection with BitLocker Bulldoze Encryption
BitLocker Drive Encryption is also known as standard BitLocker encryption.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is bachelor on supported devices running the Windows ten Pro, Windows 10 Enterprise, or Windows x Pedagogy operating systems.
note:
BitLocker Drive Encryption is not available on devices running the Windows 10 Domicile operating system.
If your device uses BitLocker Drive Encryption to encrypt your information, you lot must activate BitLocker.
During the activation procedure, you can select where to store the recovery fundamental. This manual recovery key fill-in process is initiated when BitLocker is turned on.
Data protection with Device Encryption
Device Encryption is a characteristic-limited version of BitLocker that encrypts the entire arrangement. Device Encryption is too known as BitLocker Device Encryption or BitLocker Automatic Device Encryption.
Device Encryption is available on supported devices running any Windows 10 operating arrangement. It requires a TPM and Modern Standby support.
Windows automatically enables Device Encryption on devices that support
Mod Standby
(in English). Microsoft offers Device Encryption support on a broad range of devices, including devices that run Windows ten Home edition. See
Overview of BitLocker Device Encryption
.
Device Encryption is enabled automatically when y’all either sign into your device with a Microsoft business relationship or join with a corporate domain account.
The recovery primal is uploaded to the Microsoft account or the corporate domain automatically.
Enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption or Device Encryption
Enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption
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Sign in to Windows with an ambassador business relationship.
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In Windows, search for and open
Manage BitLocker.
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Click
Plough on BitLocker, and then follow any on-screen instructions.
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When prompted, select an option to support your recovery key.
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You tin can back up the recovery key later, if necessary. In Windows, search for and open up
Manage BitLocker, and then click
Back upwardly your recovery key.
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Follow the onscreen instructions for your selected backup method. The options might vary depending on your BitLocker type.
annotation:
Microsoft does non recommend press recovery keys or saving them to a file. Instead, Microsoft recommends using an Agile Directory backup or a cloud-based backup. Cloud-based backup includes Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and your Microsoft account.
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Save to your Microsoft account: Save the recovery fundamental to your Microsoft account, to be accessed online.
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Save to your cloud domain account: Save the recovery key to your company’south deject domain.
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Save to a USB flash bulldoze: Relieve the recovery primal to a removable USB flash drive.
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Save to a file: Save the recovery fundamental to a .txt file stored on your computer hard bulldoze.
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Print the recovery key: Print a copy of the recovery key and store it in a safe location.
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Subsequently saving the recovery central, follow the on-screen instructions to finish the BitLocker Drive Encryption process.
Enabling Device Encryption
Device Encryption can be enabled during your initial computer setup or any time later by signing in with your Microsoft account or by joining a domain.
Enabling Device Encryption during computer setup using a Microsoft account
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Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your estimator.
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Later like-minded to the Cease-User License Agreement (EULA), you are prompted to add or create your Microsoft account. Enter the email, phone number, or Skype username associated with your Microsoft account and then click
Next, or click
Create account
and follow the on-screen instructions.
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Enter your password, and then click
Adjacent.
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Follow the on-screen instuctions to complete your figurer setup.
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Later on your computer setup is complete, y’all tin verify that Device Encryption is enabled. In Windows, search for an open
Settings.
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Select
Update & Security, and and then select
Device encryption. Device encryption is on and encrypting all present files and any files added to the organization.
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In addition, if yous search for an open up
File Explorer, a lock icon is displayed on the operating system drive.
Enabling Device Encryption after calculator setup using a Microsoft account
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Sign in to Windows with an administrator account.
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In Windows, search for and open
Settings, select
Update & Security, and then select
Device encryption.
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Click
Sign in with a Microsoft account instead. The
Accounts
page opens.
note:
If Device Encryption is enabled but has been turned off, click
Plow on.
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On the
Accounts
page, click
Sign in with a Microsoft account instead.
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Enter the email, telephone number, or Skype username associated with your Microsoft account and and then click
Next, or click
Create business relationship
and follow the on-screen instructions.
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Enter your password, and then click
Next.
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Follow the on-screen instructions to finish your account setup, and then sign in to your Microsoft account.
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Afterwards your computer setup is complete, you can verify that Device Encryption is enabled. In Windows, search for an open
Settings.
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Select
Update & Security, and then select
Device encryption. Device encryption is on and encrypting all nowadays files and any files added to the organisation.
note:
In addition, if you search for an open up
File Explorer, a lock icon is displayed on the operating organization drive.
Using the recovery key
Computers encrypted with BitLocker Drive Encryption or Device Encryption might require the entry of a recovery key after one of the following events:
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BIOS update
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A Microsoft Push button reset
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Disabling Secure Boot or Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
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Hardware changes such equally calculation or removing video or network cards
Normally, you back up your recovery primal when BitLocker is enabled. If you are enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption, manually select where to shop the recovery cardinal during the activation process. If you are enabling Device Encryption and you log in to your figurer using a Microsoft account, the encryption starts automatically and the recovery key is backed upwards to your Microsoft business relationship.
Retrieve, and so enter the recovery key to get-go continue using your computer over again.
Retrieving the recovery key from your Microsoft account
When you sign in using a Microsoft account, Device Encryption starts automatically. If yous use BitLocker Drive Encryption, you must take manually saved the recovery key to your Microsoft account to use this process. If at that place is a problem and you are unable to sign in, you must utilise the recovery central to sign in.
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In the Microsoft account selection, click
Sign in.
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Follow the on-screen instructions to log in to your Microsoft business relationship.
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If you have multiple computers, you tin can place the correct key by matching the
Device Proper noun.
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Your recovery key is the recovery key with a
Device Proper name
that matches the
Recovery central ID
on the recovery prompt.
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Type the recovery cardinal into the
Enter the recovery key…
field in Windows, and so click
Keep.
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Sign in with the Microsoft account yous use on the computer that requires a recovery key.
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Click
All Devices, locate the device name that matches the estimator with the encryption issue, and so click
Show details.
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Click
Manage, and then select
Get BitLocker recovery keys
to get the central.
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Your recovery key is the recovery central with a
Device Name
that matches the
Recovery central ID
on the recovery prompt.
Other options to retrieve your recovery key
Finding your recovery central depends on the method yous used to back up the key. You can use the following backup options every bit a guide to locate your recovery cardinal.
Use a cloud domain account
If your computer is connected to a domain, such as a school or work estimator, your recovery might be saved to your school or work’s cloud domain. If you lot cannot locate your recovery key, enquire your system administrator assistance to find your recovery primal. Be certain to tell your ambassador your
Recovery key ID
from the recovery prompt on the reckoner.
Use a USB wink drive
If you saved your BitLocker recovery key to a USB wink drive, insert the USB flash drive into a USB port on your computer and follow the on-screen instructions.
If your instructions for the recovery key practice not display automatically, you might have saved the recovery cardinal as a text file. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port on a different computer to open the text file (.txt).
Open a local file
The key might be saved equally a local text (.txt) file stored on a not-encrypted difficult drive on a different device. If the key is stored on your encrypted bulldoze, you cannot access it.
Apply a printed copy of the key
You might have printed out the recovery cardinal when you lot ready device encryption. Check the location where y’all store reckoner-related information for a printout of your recovery central.
Employ an Azure Active Directory account
If yous ever used a piece of work or school email business relationship to sign into an organization with an Azure Agile Directory (AD) business relationship on your computer, your computer recovery key might be saved in that organization’due south Azure Advertizing business relationship associated with your e-mail. Yous might be able to admission your recovery central through that account, or you might be able to ask a system administrator to observe your recovery central.
Access another Microsoft account
If there are multiple Microsoft accounts used on the same computer, such equally when multiple users share one computer, sign in to another account with administrator privileges to unlock the figurer with the recovery key.