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The user reports that after activating BitLocker on their Windows 8 OS drive, they only receive a recovery key backup option and do not see a prompt to unlock the drive before login, allowing access with just a normal password. A respondent asks for the specific Windows 8 edition, noting that only Pro and Enterprise versions support BitLocker. The thread discusses potential configuration issues related to the edition and setup of BitLocker.
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Winny12345

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I activate Bitlocker for my Operating system drive on a Windows 8 machine. But when starting the process I only can back up the recovery key. I have no dialog to choose how to unlock the drive.


Thus even though Bitlocker is running, the user can logg on to windows by simply entering the common account password. No password-prompt at an early booting-step appears.

What's wrong?
 

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