"BitLocker" using MS command "manage-bde -protectors C: -get" (in command line)

Question

BitLocker: using MS command "manage-bde -protectors C: -get"

While "C" is the drive it can be, C, D, E ect...

1) "manage-bde -protectors C: -get"

 I used the above command to find me info, **no issues at all...**

 **(SEE SCREEN SHOT #1)**

2) "manage-bde -protectors E: -get"

 Then I tried to open drive- **"E"**, of an external hard drive, from my other computer.

 While the MS command did work on the external USB Connected Hard Drive, **"E"** the results 

 Did Not, show password.

 **(SEE SCREEN SHOT #2)**

Q: So my Question: ?

 While the Microsoft Command,  **"manage-bde -protectors *<****your selected drive****>* drive: -get"**

 only work on a drive when that drive is, in the actual computer you use command on  ? ? ?

or is there another way, without me putting my, "E" hard drive back into my other laptop ? ?

if not, then I re-install the "E" drive to my other laptop and use the MS command....

Please advise as I am curious..

Answer 1

Hi Sept,

I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.

No, it isn't like you can get the password using CMD, this is by design and intended behavior. When you ran the command, was the drive decrypted?

Answer 2

No, the drive was not decrypted, and in (SCREEN SHOT #1) it worked perfectly...

in (SCREEN SHOT #2) it did not.

Both drives are not decrypted, and this has worked before...

Can it be that the command, must be used only inside of the computer that the drive is actually from ???

or would his indicate that the actual drive itself is a bad hardware issue inside of the drive ???

As for my computer specs:

ASUS, M16, i9 CPU, 48 GB RAM, two 1-TB SSD drives, Nvidia 3070 GPU

OS: Windows-10-PRO

Answer 3

>>Can it be that the command, must be used only inside of the computer that the drive is actually from ???

Correct. The base computer has the hashes that helps you to disclose the password.