Can bitlocker MFT be repaired if the encryption was interrupted?

Microsoft User 51 Reputation points
2026-06-29T01:40:06.9833333+00:00

I’ve had windows 10 and windows 7 ultimate they both have bit-locker on and I ended up corrupting my drive. I think the cause was from an encryption method that I interrupted. I have the recovery keys and everything to unlock it but when I unlock it the program says media logs are corrupted or storage media write protected error.

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  1. Lucus-V 9,320 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-06-29T17:13:36.3433333+00:00

    Hi Microsoft User,

    If your BitLocker partition is damaged, please try repair-bde to see if you can recover your data.

    repair-bde attempts to reconstruct critical parts of a severely damaged drive and salvage recoverable data if the drive was encrypted by using BitLocker and if it has a valid recovery password or recovery key for decryption.

    If you have further information, please feel free to let me know.

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