diff --git a/windows/welcome/src/SilverOS.Welcome.Core/Apply/BitLockerService.cs b/windows/welcome/src/SilverOS.Welcome.Core/Apply/BitLockerService.cs
index d6e0e1c..2551ccd 100644
--- a/windows/welcome/src/SilverOS.Welcome.Core/Apply/BitLockerService.cs
+++ b/windows/welcome/src/SilverOS.Welcome.Core/Apply/BitLockerService.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ public sealed class BitLockerService(IProcessRunner runner) : IBitLockerService
         // 3. Remove any TPM-only protector (only once a TPM+PIN protector is confirmed present)
         //    so the device actually requires the PIN at pre-boot.
         var script = string.Concat(
+            // Eject optical install media first — BitLocker -TpmAndPinProtector refuses to enroll
+            // while bootable CD/DVD media is present ("detected bootable media in the computer").
+            "try { $s=New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application; ",
+            "$s.Namespace(17).Items() | Where-Object { $_.Type -match 'CD|DVD' } | ForEach-Object { try { $_.InvokeVerb('Eject') } catch {} } } catch {}; ",
+            "Start-Sleep -Seconds 3; ",
             "$fve='HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\FVE'; ",
             "New-Item -Path $fve -Force | Out-Null; ",
             "New-ItemProperty -Path $fve -Name UseAdvancedStartup -Value 1 -PropertyType DWord -Force | Out-Null; ",
diff --git a/windows/welcome/tests/SilverOS.Welcome.Tests/ApplyServicesTests.cs b/windows/welcome/tests/SilverOS.Welcome.Tests/ApplyServicesTests.cs
index 133f2b2..8bf4a0f 100644
--- a/windows/welcome/tests/SilverOS.Welcome.Tests/ApplyServicesTests.cs
+++ b/windows/welcome/tests/SilverOS.Welcome.Tests/ApplyServicesTests.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ public class ApplyServicesTests
         // Removes any TPM-only protector so the device requires the PIN at pre-boot.
         run.Verify(r => r.RunAsync("powershell.exe", It.Is<string>(s =>
             s.Contains("Remove-BitLockerKeyProtector")), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()));
+        // Ejects optical install media first (BitLocker refuses to enroll with bootable media present).
+        run.Verify(r => r.RunAsync("powershell.exe", It.Is<string>(s =>
+            s.Contains("Shell.Application") && s.Contains("Eject")), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()));
     }
 
     [Fact]