Bit locker recovery

Dhruv Sharma 1 Reputation point
2020-11-30T07:45:14.8+00:00

How may i know my bit lovcker recover key? i never encripted throgh this but now at power on is is asking for the bitlocker recovery key.

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
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.
2,746 questions

1 answer

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Jenny Feng 14,146 Reputation points
    2020-11-30T08:19:18.787+00:00

    @Dhruv Sharma
    Hi,

    If you don't know your BitLocker key, you may look for your BitLocker recovery key in your Microsoft account: Sign in on another computer or phone to see BitLocker recovery keys.

    The following information may help you locate your recovery key:
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/finding-your-bitlocker-recovery-key-in-windows-10-6b71ad27-0b89-ea08-f143-056f5ab347d6
    If the recovery key is lost, the drive cannot be unlocked by other means.
    Meanwhile, if the laptop now runs fine, search on your computer for BitLocker. You may be taken to "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\BitLocker Drive Encryption" and chose the "Backup recovery key" option.
    You can save it to the cloud, to file or print it out.
    Also, the following conditions have to be met for Windows to automatically enable the BitLocker:

    TPM 2.0
    InstantOn (Modern Standby)
    Logged in with Microsoft or Azure AD account (not a local account)

    Under these conditions Windows may automatically encrypt the drive and upload a copy of the recovery key to their Microsoft/Azure account.

    Hope above information can help you.

    ============================================

    If the Answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.
    Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

    0 comments