

If you are adding a second floppy drive to the virtual machine, click inside the virtual machine window and press F2 as the virtual machine boots to enter the BIOS setup utility. Note: By default, only one floppy drive is enabled in the virtual machine’s BIOS. Type the path and filename for the floppy image file you want to use or click Browse to navigate to the file.

Click Floppy Drive, and then click Next.ģ. Open the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Edit Settings) and click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard.Ģ. You have changed the policy setting so that you can use a startup key instead of a TPM.Ĭreate a Virtual Floppy Disk and Attach it to the VMġ. Put a check for “ Allow Bitlocker without compatible TPM chip”. Enable the feature and check the box next to “ Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM”, click Apply and Ok, and close out of Local Group Policy Editor.ĥ. Select “ Require additional authentication at startup” and double click on it.Ĥ. Click on Computer Configuration> click Administrative Templates> click Windows Components> click on Bitlocker Drive Encryption.ģ. Type “gpedit.msc” in the Start Search box.Ģ. This is due to the fact that there is no option for the virtual/shared TPM to virtualize the hardware TPM and use it on the VM.įirst enable the Bitlocker encryption without TPM for OS or non OS drive from the group policy.Ĭreate a virtual floppy disk and attach it to the VM.Įncrypt the OS drive and save the bitlocker unlock key on the floppy drive.Įnable Bitlocker encryption without TPM for OS or non OS drive from group policyġ. Auto-unlock of Bitlocker encrypted VM is not possible till ESXi 6.5.
