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Fix Bitlocker for Home edition guide (#1681)

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@ -102,34 +102,39 @@ BitLocker is [only supported](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-o
To enable BitLocker on "Home" editions of Windows, you must have partitions formatted with a [GUID Partition Table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table) and have a dedicated TPM (v1.2, 2.0+) module.
1. Open Windows [PowerShell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell).
1. Open a command prompt and check your drive's partition table format with the following command. You should see "**GPT**" listed under "Partition Style":
2. Check to see partition table format:
```
powershell Get-Disk 0 | findstr GPT && echo This is a GPT system disk!
powershell Get-Disk
```
3. Check TPM version. The value returned must be "3 True". The spec must be 1.2 or above.
2. Run this command (in an admin command prompt) to check your TPM version. You should see `2.0` or `1.2` listed next to `SpecVersion`:
```
powershell Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root/cimv2/security/microsofttpm" -Class WIN32_tpm | findstr "IsActivated IsEnabled IsOwned SpecVersion"
powershell Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root/cimv2/security/microsofttpm" -Class WIN32_tpm
```
4. Access [Advanced Startup Options](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode-b90e7808-80b5-a291-d4b8-1a1af602b617). You need to reboot while pressing the F8 key before Windows starts and go into the *command prompt* in **Troubleshoot** → **Advanced Options** → **Command Prompt**.
3. Access [Advanced Startup Options](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode-b90e7808-80b5-a291-d4b8-1a1af602b617). You need to reboot while pressing the F8 key before Windows starts and go into the *command prompt* in **Troubleshoot** → **Advanced Options** → **Command Prompt**.
4. Login with your admin account and type this in the command prompt to start encryption:
5. Login with your account that has admin privileges and type this to start encryption:
```
manage-bde -on c: -used
```
6. Close the command prompt, and enter into PowerShell:
5. Close the command prompt and continue booting to regular Windows.
6. Open an admin command prompt and run the following commands:
```
manage-bde c: -protectors -add -rp -tpm
manage-bde -protectors -enable c:
manage-bde -protectors -get c: > %UserProfile%\Desktop\BitLocker-Recovery-Key.txt
```
!!! warning
Backup `BitLocker-Recovery-Key.txt` on a separate storage device. Loss of this recovery code, may result in loss of data.
!!! important
Backup `BitLocker-Recovery-Key.txt` on your Desktop to a separate storage device. Loss of this recovery code may result in loss of data.
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