Trying to Refresh Win 8.1 But I get the error: the Windows drive is locked!

Hello,
I am trying to Refresh my older Win 8.1 system on an SSD. with the original Windows disc.

I am getting: “The drive the Windows is installed on is locked. Please unlock it and then try it again.”

I’ve already tried the “bootrec” commands with the comment prompt before this problem. I already had a booting problem with this OS so naturally, I did all that. Apparently, to unlock a drive this is what you also have to do… THus I am out of options. Any ideas appreciated…