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Bitlocker: manage-bde GET fails in one case

Nate Jensen 21 Reputation points
2021-06-09T16:16:16.627+00:00

I have 5 bitlocker-encrypted drives on my PC: C, D, E, F, G

I can run the following commands successfully to obtain the bitlocker recovery key: 

manage-bde -protectors C: -get
manage-bde -protectors E: -get
manage-bde -protectors F: -get
manage-bde -protectors G: -get

But the D-drive command fails: 

manage-bde -protectors D: -get

Error: 

Volume D: [DATA]
All Key Protectors

ERROR: An error occurred (code 0x80070490):
Element not found.

There is nothing special about my D drive. It is an internal SSD just like C and G. My E and F drives are both external USB SSD drives.

I can go into the bitlocker UI in Win10 and get the recovery key for D with no problem; it only fails from the command line, even though all others succeed. (Yes, I launched the windows command shell as Admin.)

Any ideas?

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  1. Samson Peng (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 781 Reputation points
    2021-06-10T07:34:09.223+00:00

    Hello there，

    You can try to use the GUI to decrypt the D drive first, and then encrypt it
    See if there are any differences

    Best Regards,
    Samson Peng

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