Bitlocker Recovery Tool for Windows 10

Question

Hi There,

I had encrypted my external device with Bitlocker. I guess it has corrupted and now it doesn't accept my password or recovery key. I read about the BitLocker recovery tool to save my data according to the link below.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-7/ee523219(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

Since there is a recovery tool only for Windows 7 I am not able to use it for Windows 10. Is there an updated tool or a resulation for my encrypted data?

Regards
Sema

Answer 1

Hi @Semalina ,

The BitLocker Recovery Tool also known as repair-bde command-line should be builtin if you have BitLocker enabled, you can refer to the command-line syntax on how to use it.

Here's also a guide on how to use the above command-line tool:
How to Use BitLocker Repair Tool to Recover Encrypted Drive in Windows

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Leon

Answer 2

Hello @Semalina

There are multiple ways to encrypt and decrypt the drive, using commands or using any external software.

Could you please visit below links in which similar discussion happened and see if it helpful for you,

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/bitlocker-recovery-key-entered-correctly-but-it/f38442cc-0c89-417c-a0b7-491d67f1e057?auth=1

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-recovery-guide-plan

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