Bitlocker and TPM blocks the hard disk after booting from USB and pressing "Try Ubuntu"?

I experienced this problem 2 weeks ago.

System

  • new Dell Precision 3590 with Windows 11 Pro (updated)
  • bitlocker, secure boot and fastboot enabled

Problem description / things I did

  1. prepare liveusb with ubuntu 24.04.2 using an ubuntu 22.04 installation
  2. power up the notebook, press F12 and select the usb device
  3. press “Try or install ubuntu” in grub
  4. once loaded, select language then close the setup (that was my first time with the new installer, I did not know there is a slide with “try ubuntu”)
  5. try programs, hardware etc
  6. shut down the notebook

Then, after the new start, bitlocker asked me the key to unlock windows.
I previously completed the Windows installation, so the key was saved in my windows account and I recovered it.

That said, after reading this post I tried again today the previous steps but I was not able to reproduce this problem.
I don’t know what caused the problem (first time changing boot device on the new notebook? different usb pen? different program to prepare the live usb [today I used balenaEtcher]?)

However, I think that a warning in the documentation to complete Windows configuration and store the bitlocker key before to try or install ubuntu could be really important. At least if people are interested in a dual boot installation.

Thank you

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