How to unlock bit locker without password and recovery key - Bit Locker Key Lost

Pawan Kumar 1 Reputation point
2021-03-29T14:16:55.587+00:00

My Laptop was corrupted due to that I have formatted C Drive but now my other Data drives are locked, BitLocker key was saved in operating system C: drive which now formatted, could you please assist me how to unlock Data drives D: and E:. I lost my Bit Locker Key and Password

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  1. Reza-Ameri 17,331 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-03-29T15:32:12.707+00:00

    There are number of conditions where you might be able to recover your BitLocker key (like if it has been stored in the Active Directory), take a look at:
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/finding-your-bitlocker-recovery-key-in-windows-10-6b71ad27-0b89-ea08-f143-056f5ab347d6
    However, if the key is missing and you don't have any backup, nothing else could be done.

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  2. Teemo Tang 11,466 Reputation points
    2021-03-30T06:55:32.037+00:00

    BitLocker recovery key can be found in some place:
    In your Microsoft account, On a printout you saved, On a USB flash drive, when you enable BitLocker you have three options to keep recovery key.
    Unfortunately, if you've lost your password and your recovery key, then there is no way for you to access the data protected by BitLocker.

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