Any time after that, you can save a fresh copy of the key by going to the Manage BitLocker Control Panel. Just type a few letters of the word BitLocker in the search box to find it.

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.

So, to access your recovery key, you must contact your system administrator. Read: BitLocker Repair Tool: Recover data from inaccessible encrypted drive . 5] Other suggestions ...

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 ...

BitLocker is a great way to protect your files, but obviously, at some point, you may need to access the drive outside of your main PC, and at that point you may need the recovery key.

This post explains why BitLocker might be missing or not showing in Control Panel on your Windows 11/10 and the steps you can take to resolve the issue. Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content ...

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the ...

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.

So if you forgot BitLocker password and lost BitLocker recovery key, data recovery software (Including M3 BitLocker Recovery) doesn’t and won’t break into your BitLocker-encrypted drive.