Can't enable BitLocker

[Andrew96-96]

I am working on a client's laptop and can't get Bitlocker enabled. Whenever I try to enable it, I get a generic "An operations error occurred" message as soon as I start the wizard. The laptop is a Surface Laptop 4 and has a 2 GB recovery partition, and Windows RE is enabled. The other laptops I am working on can get Bitlocker with no issues. There is also nothing in the event viewer system logs, the bitlocker API, or the bitlocker drive preparation tool logs. I am stumped on this one, and I would like to avoid reimaging the machine.

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