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Partions shows as unallocated

Thushara Liyanarachchi 1 Reputation point
2022-10-05T06:09:10.047+00:00

I Have HP laptop which has windows 10 on it's HDD, now i have updated it with NVMe and install windows 10,
all partitions of HDD showed as bit locker encrypted at first boot. but from the next boot HDD Shown as unallocated.
Is there any method of restore partitions and get data back.

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Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
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  1. Limitless Technology 39,676 Reputation points
    2022-10-06T09:21:13.913+00:00

    Hi,

    If your drive was Bitlocker encrypted you will need the recovery key in order to decrypt the drive. Please see this guide:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/finding-your-bitlocker-recovery-key-in-windows-6b71ad27-0b89-ea08-f143-056f5ab347d6

    Otherwise, your only option is to wipe the drive and start again without BitLocker encrypting it.

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