BitLocker asking for recovery key after moving HDD to optical drive caddy

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I replaced the original HDD in my Dell Inspiron 15-3567 (manufactured 2018) with a new SSD, then moved the original HDD to the optical drive bay using a caddy. Beforehand, I made a Windows installation flash drive and also saved any files I wanted from the original HDD in another location. The new SSD seems to be working fine and Windows installed with no problems.However, when I go to File Explorer and click on the "D" drive (where the original HDD now resides), I get a pop-up window asking for a BitLocker recovery key, even though this laptop came pre-installed with Windows 10 Home edition

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