Error: No Key Protectors Found. -

Type the following command to see if BitLocker is actually active: manage-bde -status

This can take several hours depending on the size of your drive. You can check the progress with manage-bde -status . Once it reaches 0%, the drive is decrypted, and the error should disappear. When All Else Fails

The Trusted Platform Module (your hardware security chip) is disabled or was cleared. error: no key protectors found.

manage-bde -protectors -adbackup C: -id {YOUR-ID-GOES-HERE}

Most "no key protector" errors are caused by the motherboard "forgetting" the TPM. Type the following command to see if BitLocker

Unable to complete the operation. No key protectors were detected for this key. Please add at least one key protector and try again.

This is a classic "ghost in the machine" error for Windows administrators. It usually appears when you run manage-bde -protectors -get C: expecting to see recovery keys, but instead, you get slapped with When All Else Fails The Trusted Platform Module

If you do not have your 48-digit Recovery Key (usually found in your under "Devices" or printed out), and the error "No key protectors found" persists, you are unfortunately looking at a data loss scenario. Without a protector or a key, BitLocker is doing exactly what it was designed to do: prevent access to the data.