This is the way I am doing on our Lenovo T series it as a technical support, and it is working without complications.Īlso if ever you are prompted for the BitLocker Recovery key each time you boot Windows, disable protection, restart laptop, protection is re-enabled automatically, then issue is generally fixed, or at least it has been fixed in all the situations I encountered. Once you login, the BitLocker protection is turned on automatically. Type the 48 characters BitLocker Recovery key when prompted.Ĩ. Save the BIOS changes, and restart new laptop.ħ. If I get a new hard drive can I transfer the operating system ( and all the info) installed on the suspect one to the new one and how do I do this. I use this particular laptop for navigation and general use. Start new laptop, go to the BIOS into the new laptop, and ensure the TPM is activated, also ensure that the security settings into the Security tab (Secure Boot) and boot settings (into Startup) are the same as into the broken laptop.Ħ. Yes you can, I suggest picking up a Hard drive to USB adapter for like 10 (1) Connect the Adapter to the drive and the computer (2) Simply move the files from the old drive to the new one - iMac Intel 21. The hard drive on my old dell laptop sounds like it may pack up at any time. Put the hard drive into the new laptop.ĥ. Shut the old laptop down, open it, and remove the hard drive.Ĥ.
On the old laptop, you open Manage BitLocker, by typing BitLocker into the Start menu and pressing Enter, or by going to the Control Panel and clicking BitLocker Encryption.ģ. This is way I do it and it is working on our T series:ġ. Cannot mix hard drive taken from a T460 with a laptop T480 or T580. I see that this topic is old, I simply wanted to share the way I am doing, and it works.įirst of all, the laptop model needs to be identical, same hardware, for the hard drive to be recognized.