BIT LOCKER RECOVERY

hi Dave1950​  It sounds like the recent update may have triggered BitLocker recovery because something changed in the system's boot/security configuration (TPM, Secure Boot, BIOS settings, or boot files). That can sometimes cause BitLocker to repeatedly ask for the recovery key after every restart.

The good news is: you normally should not have to enter the recovery key every time permanently.

A few things to try:

Once back into Windows, open:

Control Panel -> BitLocker Drive Encryption

Try:

Suspend BitLocker

Restart the laptop

Then Resume BitLocker

This often re-syncs BitLocker with the current boot configuration.

Also check:

Whether any BIOS/UEFI settings changed after the update

TPM and Secure Boot are still enabled as before

If the issue started immediately after a Windows update, you can also try:

Settings -> Windows Update -> Update History -> Uninstall Updates and remove the most recent quality update.

If it keeps happening even after suspending/resuming BitLocker, there may be:

a TPM issue,

BIOS firmware change,

or boot configuration corruption involved.

But in most cases, suspending and re-enabling BitLocker resolves repeated recovery prompts after updates.