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Need to find Recovery Key for BitLocker
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Mark Ossinger
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Powered up my PC after being gone a week, and Windows will not boot, rather have a blue screen asking for a recovery key. Have no idea where to locate this key?
Windows for home | Other | Recovery and backup
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Gérard Oomens 119.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2026-02-15T20:52:43.07+00:00 -
Bulldog 380 Reputation points2026-02-15T18:06:56.72+00:00 The BitLocker recovery key for your PC is in the Microsoft account that was used to install Windows on that PC most recently.