Backup to Bitlocker to go encrypted drive before logon

I have setup system backups to external drives which are encrypted with Bitlocker to go. The drives will automatically unlock when the user logs on, however, the backup fails if the user is not logged on because the Bitlocker drive is still
locked. How can I configure Backup to unlock the Bitlocker drive when no one is logged on?

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Figure 4. WMG File contiguous and linked correctly message
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Figure 8. Location of status and disk
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The media was unlocked successfully
Figure 10. Unlocked messageFrom TBLauncher, Run the Q-DIR utility and verify which drive is the System Partition, and the proper path to the Windows folder. Typically the C partition is the System drive, and d:\Windows is the path to the Windows folder but this can vary from drive to drive.
Figure 11. Q-Dir utilityFrom the TBLauncher, launch a CMD prompt and use the following command to repair: (Assuming the C drive is the System partition, and the D drive has the Windows folder on it).
Bcdboot d:\windows /s c:
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Figure 13. Success messageIf a successful message is displayed shutdown.If any F10 settingswere changed in step 7, configure them back to theoriginal settings.
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