If you're running Windows 11 Pro, Windows prompts you to save the recovery key when you first turn on BitLocker encryption. Windows gives you three (or four) options for saving a recovery key.

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.

All BitLocker keys associated with your account are stored there, and you can access them by logging in to the recovery site. Step 1: Navigate to the Microsoft Bitlocker recovery page .

The first step is simple: go to the list of recovery keys on OneDrive and delete any that you don't want stored in the cloud. Microsoft says that the recovery key will soon be purged from backups.

If you can’t find your BitLocker recovery key, this post will help you. BitLocker is a volume encryption feature in Windows that lets you encrypt an entire volume to protect your data. It ...

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.

If BitLocker keeps asking for Recovery key at startup even after multiple attempts of entering the correct key, you’re trapped in a recovery key loop. Follow these steps to get out of the ...

Your BitLocker recovery key is crucial. Let’s say you use BitLocker Drive Encryption to store your files and you later experience a problem with your PC and need that recovery key.

Microsoft has added new BitLocker encryption guides on its official website. These are meant to explain to users what BitLocker does and how to recover and/or back up the necessary BitLocker keys.

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 ...