In this video i’ll elaborates on BitLocker automatic device encryption, including what it is, how it works, how to activate and disable it, etc. It also explains why some Windows users found their drives encrypted automatically without the user’s knowledge. Plus how to find the recovery key and turn off BitLocker automatic device encryption.

Here are a few common things that can trigger BitLocker:
1. Changes to the system hardware, such as adding or removing a hard drive or upgrading the system firmware.
2. Changes to the system boot configuration, such as disabling the TPM or changing the boot order of the system drives.
3. Exceeding the maximum number of failed login attempts can cause BitLocker to enter recovery mode and prompt for the recovery key or password.
4. Entering the wrong PIN too many times
5. Turning off the support for reading the USB device in the preboot environment from the BIOS or UEFI firmware if using USB-based keys instead of a TPM
6. Having the CD or DVD drive before the hard drive in the BIOS boot order (common with virtual machines)
7. Docking or undocking a portable computer
8. Changes to the NTFS partition table on the disk
9. Changes to the boot manager
10.Turning off, disabling, deactivating, or clearing the TPM
11.TPM self-test failure
12.Upgrading the motherboard to a new one with a new TPM
13.Upgrading critical early startup components, such as a BIOS or UEFI firmware upgrade
14.Hiding the TPM from the operating system
15.Modifying the Platform Configuration Registers (PCRs) used by the TPM validation profile
16.Moving a BitLocker-protected drive into a new computer
17.On devices with TPM 1.2, changing the BIOS or firmware boot device order.

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