BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive.

When I last looked at BitLocker I dismissed it as it had no auditing options, the new version can connect to Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring so I have been tasked with ...

Fix BitLocker error E_FVE_TPM_NOT_DETECTED, The booting system doesn't have or doesn't detect a TPM in Windows 11/10.

How to save a fresh copy of your BitLocker recovery key If you're running Windows 11 Pro, Windows prompts you to save the recovery key when you first turn on BitLocker encryption .

Last time I covered an introduction to BitLocker, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and what TPM does to assist in keeping your system secure. This time I'm writing about the most important aspect of ...

To combat that, device encryption stores a recovery key. For domain accounts, the recovery key is stored in Active Directory, but in the common consumer case, using a Microsoft account, it is ...

The second and most common way to bypass the BitLocker Recovery screen is using a recovery key. This key is 48 digits long and can be found in whichever source you used to activate BitLocker.

BitLocker recovery key saved my PC after an update locked me out. Here’s how I used the recovery key from my Microsoft account to unlock encrypted drives.