Suspend-BitLocker (BitLocker) | Microsoft Learn You might suspend BitLocker protection for firmware upgrades or system updates You can specify the number of times that a computer restarts before the BitLocker suspension ends by using the RebootCount parameter, or you can use the Resume-BitLocker cmdlet to manually resume protection
How to Pause and Restart BitLocker on Windows 11 You can pause and resume BitLocker using the Control Panel by opening System and Security, clicking BitLocker Drive Encryption, and choosing Suspend protection next to your locked drive
Pause BitLocker Before BIOS or Firmware Updates in Windows 10 11 On the next reboot, BitLocker may ask for the 48-digit recovery key before it will unlock the drive The good news is that you usually don’t need to decrypt the drive Instead, you can pause or suspend BitLocker protection before the update, then resume it afterward
Stop BitLocker From Prompting on Every Reboot Walk through suspending BitLocker, completing the change that triggered the prompt, and resuming protection so it stops asking for the recovery key
Unlock, suspend, resume, and disable BitLocker with PowerShell The Suspend-BitLocker cmdlet is used to suspend BitLocker protection on a specific drive By default, BitLocker suspension resumes automatically when the computer is restarted, but you could use the -RebootCount parameter to specify the number of reboots when BitLocker protection resumes
Suspend or Resume BitLocker Encryption on Windows 11 Learn various methods to temporarily pause or restart BitLocker encryption for system, fixed, or removable drives in Windows 11, using Control Panel, File Explorer, PowerShell, or command line