// Hacker Noon · 29 April 2026

How I Fixed Windows Installation - BitLocker, a Write-Protected USB, and the IRST Rabbit Hole

Friend's HP laptop locked behind BitLocker — no recovery key, no choice but to reinstall Windows. Three things broke in sequence: USB write-protected — FAT32 format was the culprit. Fixed with diskpart clean and reformatting as exFAT. SSD invisible to the installer — HP's 11th-gen Intel processor ne...

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