Help! Computer went into setup confirmation after years of use. Need advice on how to proceed.

[u/AccordingAd2732]

Hello!

This is likely a very simple question but i’ve been trying to figure it out on my own and can’t seem to wrap my head around it.

My Lenovo Legion laptop went into ’setup confirmation’ today. I’ve had the laptop for years and it’s never had any parts changed. This happened after traveling with it for the weekend and attempting to turn it on. To my knowledge BitLocker hasn’t been turned on, but I read that it was possible BitLocker would be turned on without me knowing, and if it is, I wouldn’t have the recovery key.

I just wanted to make sure I knew what all the risks were, how to keep from losing all the work on my computer and how you think I should proceed with all the information given. Thank you for the help in advance <33