A technician is preparing laptops for deployment to a medical department. The laptops require SSD-level encryption to be enabled, but BitLocker refuses to turn it on. An error message states that a BIOS-level setting has not been turned on. Which of the following should the technician check FIRST when troubleshooting this issue?


A. Reorder the priority in Windows Boot Manager.
B. Check to make sure Secure Boot is turned on.
C. Ensure that the Trusted Platform Module is enabled.
D. Verify that the latest updates are installed.