BitLocker Recovery Key Isn't working ( Corrupted Maybe ? )

Hello ,

I tried to encrypt my Windows 10 installation C: Drive

I Went to :

manage bitlocker > turn on bitlocker on c: drive > saved my recovery key to USB > it required me to restart > on boot for some reason it asked me to put the recovery key -- it didn't complete the encryption prosses

Keep in mind the drive isn't encrypted yet ( at least that what i think so ) also bitlocker didn't ask me to create a password for the drive

anyway in my .TXT file the identifier did match the Drive KEY ID but when I put the recovery key it didn't work - I was stuck in a loop

  1. Booting Windows
  2. Bitlocker Asks For The Recovery Key
  3. I Type The Key
  4. Windows Restart and it's keeps going over and over

I Installed Other Windows 10 on separate Drive and booted from it

after install i booted into the other windows now -> I Clicked on the locked drive and bitloacker recovery key popup telling me to enter the recovery key , so i did, but this time a error showed up "The key doesn't match the drive" HOW ?

my question isWHY my recovery key isn't working ? even though BitLocker Recovery Key.TXT MATCH with the identifier value displayed on my drive ?

Is it possible that somthing wen't wrong during the prosses that Bitlocker contents KEY'S to open the drive got corrupted because I tried to encrypt a SSD Windows ?

EDIT :

My Drive isn't encrypted only the first sectors are For more info HERE a another question i asked

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