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.

In some documents I've seen the recovery password stored on a USB device referred to as the recovery key. Whatever it's called, it's essentially the same thing – the string of numbers needed to get ...

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During BitLocker’s initial configuration, users are prompted to select a destination for the recovery key. They might have stored it on a USB device, so if this is the case, plug the USB device ...

This is confusing, because most people don't know they have a BitLocker recovery key. (because they didn't have to do anything). And while the instructions tell you exactly what to do, you have to ...

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 ...

After installing Windows 11, many users usually start using the system without checking important default settings. While the ...

Howdy, My wife's notebook has W10 on it. I recall enabling Bitlocker for the drive (in case it was stolen). Well this morning Dell decided it wanted to do an update and my wife clicked go. I wasn ...

When you turn on BitLocker you’re forced to make a backup of your recovery key, but you get three options: Save it in your Microsoft account, save it to a USB stick, or print it.