FWIW, my old corpo HP would also trigger Bitlocker sometimes on random shit, such as upgrading the firmware of the docking station. But that was usually fixable

FWIW, my old corpo HP would also trigger Bitlocker sometimes on random shit, such as upgrading the firmware of the docking station. But that was usually fixable either by unplugging USB devices while booting, or just trying many reboots until Bitlocker suddenly decided everything was OK.