In the digital realm, data protection is the fortress that keeps our information safe from prying eyes and mischievous intruders. One of the most powerful tools Windows users have at their disposal is BitLocker Drive Encryption, which is designed to secure the data on your drives using...
If you've ever found yourself staring blankly at a screen waiting for permission to access your own data, you're not alone. Whether it’s the aftermath of a security change, a hardware tweak, or just plain forgetfulness, needing a BitLocker recovery key can feel like finding a needle in a...
In August 2024, Microsoft addressed a significant issue related to the BitLocker recovery feature that impacted users of Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server versions. This glitch could lead some systems to boot into BitLocker recovery mode due to a July 2024 security update. Now...
In a recent update, Microsoft has released comprehensive guides for BitLocker encryption aimed at both Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. These new resources focus on crucial aspects of BitLocker: understanding what it does and how to effectively back up or recover BitLocker keys. This comes at a...
As Microsoft grapples with another glitch, users of Windows 10 and Windows 11 find themselves in a precarious situation regarding BitLocker, the built-in disk encryption tool. A recent alert from Microsoft has instigated concern over a bug linked to the July 2024 security update, compelling...
Hello all,
Used the manage-bde –forcerecovery command to test the recovery key that Windows automatically saved to my account, and now I am being prompted continuously to enter the recovery key even after suspending protection.
I understand that using this command would wipe the TPM protectors...
Hi all,
This happened on my dad's Acer 5 A515 laptop. as far as I can tell - he just opened the laptop one day and was locked out of his PC with the Bitlocker screen on. He never enabled it or set up a recovery key, let alone saved the key somewhere. perhaps some rogue update behavior or...
Dear all,
Before you can help me here you must understand fundamentally what Bitlocker is about.
Bitlocker:
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The idea with Bitlocker is that you do not enter a bitlocker password when you boot up. Your TPM does this for you. As...
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Full disclosure I posted this on MS forums with no hits.
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No files are saved to USB when generating protector key in powershell (Admin) or CMD (Admin).
I am the only user for this system and have full Administrator rights.
I have a home built PC Win 10 Pro 1909 that has a...
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I was using bitlocker for my personal data.I also was changing my bitlocker password every week. I did not save my key because childerns at home used key to open bitlocker password.
Now i forgot my password as well as i have no recovery key.
I tried to recover key through CMD prompt.
I found...
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I have a Dell M4800 on which I have Bitlocker enabled with TPM on the system disk. Everything worked fine, I could unlock the encrypted drive with the pin code I had set and log in with administrator privileges to my domain account. I decided for some time ago to remove the computer from...
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i have an HP Zbook 15 G2 i just update the bios from 01.08 to 01.23 and when i boot after the bios i got a yellow screen wit white vertical bar and that's it, no windows at all. I dont know what to do i have been searching google but i dont found anything to solve my problem. i think its...
My computer is a Lenovo Y50-70 and if I press the power button to start up I get a black screen with a blinking underline character in the upper left hand corner, I don't seem to be able to type or do anything from this screen. If I start up using the Lenovo one key recovery key I can open up a...
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I activate Bitlocker for my Operating system drive on a Windows 8 machine. But when starting the process I only can back up the recovery key. I have no dialog to choose how to unlock the drive.
Thus even though Bitlocker is running, the user can logg on to windows by simply entering the...
On Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms that support UEFI, you may see a prompt for BitLocker Recovery Key if you use UEFI BIOS with Compatibility Support Module (CSM) enabled. This occurs when there is a USB device inserted while the machine...
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