BitLocker is a security feature by Microsoft. If someone were to steal your hard drive and put the stolen hard drive into their computer to retrieve data from it, they will not be able to do so. Because of BitLocker, the thief will not be able to retrieve any data unless they have the BitLocker recovery key. This is a great security feature to prevent theft of data.
Repairs and hardware changes such as a motherboard replacements will trigger the BitLocker to turn on, however. When this is the case, the user simply has to enter the BitLocker recovery key. The expectation is that once the recovery key is entered into the bitlocker key prompt, everything should be all set. In most cases this is true. In some cases, a BitLocker loop can occur. When the recovery key is entered and computer is restarted, the computer will prompt for the BitLocker key once again going into a loop. Bitlocker will continue to prompt for the recovery key every time upon powering on the system and trying to gain access to Windows.
To stop this BitLocker recovery key prompt loop, the user simply has to log into the windows operating system. The user must have admin privileges in order to stop the BitLocker recovery key loop. As soon as the user enters its user credentials(admin privileges required) into the windows login screen, the BitLocker recovery loop should stop. This step is, especially, important if the computer is in an organization where there are many computers that contain multiple user with policy settings in place.
