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BitLocker is a Microsoft encryption product that is meant to keep the user’s data safe on a computer.
When BitLocker doesn’t work right, you might be asked for a BitLocker recovery key.
If you don’t have a working recovery key for the BitLocker prompt, you won’t be able to get into your computer.
How to Found Bitlocker Recovery ?
To help you find and understand why you might be asked for your BitLocker recovery key, the following information may be of help.
In the BitLocker recovery key, I can find where I can find it
BitLocker made sure that a recovery key was safe before it started protecting the computer.
It can be in a number of places, depending on how BitLocker was set up.
There is a place in your Microsoft account where you can find this:
If you sign in to your Microsoft account on another device, you can find your recovery key and get back in.
Microsoft account: If you have a modern device that can automatically encrypt your device, the recovery key will most likely be in your Microsoft account.
For more, see how to protect your device in Windows.
On a paper copy:
During the process of activating BitLocker, you may have written down your recovery key.
Look at where you keep important documents about your computer and see if there are any important documents there.
When you have a USB flash drive, plug it into your PC and follow the instructions.
A different computer should be used to read a text file on the flash drive.
Your recovery key may be in an Azure Active Directory account. If your device was ever signed in to an organization with a work or school email account, your recovery key may be in that organization’s Azure AD account.
You might be able to get it on your own, or you might have to get in touch with a system administrator to get your recovery key.
System administrators keep your recovery key. If your device is connected to your work or school network, ask a system administrator for your recovery key.
How do I get back into my BitLocker account?
You can use your BitLocker recovery key to get into your computer if BitLocker can’t be sure that the person trying to get into the system drive is authorized. It’s a unique 48-digit numerical password.
I don’t know why Windows wants my BitLocker recovery key.
By encrypting your drive and requiring one or more factors of authentication before it can open it, BitLocker keeps your data safe from people who don’t want it.
Windows will ask for a BitLocker recovery key if it thinks someone is trying to get into the data.
This extra step is meant to keep your data safe and secure.
Also, BitLocker might not be able to tell if you make changes to hardware, firmware, or software that BitLocker doesn’t think are safe.
Even if the person who owns the computer is a legal owner, BitLocker may still want to make sure that the recovery key is safe.
This is to make sure that the person who wants to get the data is who they say they are.
Storage options for BitLocker recovery keys
Depending on the version of Windows you have, you can save your recovery keys in a number of different ways.
The following is a list of the ways you can save a key for each operating system. If you have a saved key, this list can help you find it.
For Windows 7, this is how to do it: 1.
A USB flash drive can store a key.
Keys can be saved as a file (Network drive or other location)
Physically, a key can be made.
For Windows 8.1, this is how to say it:
When you sign in to your Microsoft account, you can store a key there (Access your Microsoft account from a different computer to retrieve the key)
A USB flash drive can store a key.
Keys can be saved as a file (Network drive or other location)
Physically, a key can be made.
For Windows 10, the following is the correct way to say:
When you sign in to your Microsoft account, you can store a key there (search BitLocker Recovery Keys to retrieve the key).
Microsoft account: If you have a modern device that can automatically encrypt your device, the recovery key will most likely be in your Microsoft account.
If you want to learn more, see Device encryption in Windows 10 for more.
It might be in the account of the person who set up the device or turned on BitLocker protection.
An answer to a question about BitLocker recovery keys
Q: How do I get a BitLocker recovery key with the recovery key ID I gave you?
A: If you are a member of a domain, contact your administrator to get a BitLocker recovery key based on the recovery key ID that you have.
The BitLocker encrypted drive won’t accept the password or the recovery key. How can I get it back?
A: If your BitLocker-encrypted drive has been damaged, you can try iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery to get your lost data back.
It asks for a recovery key every time you start up Windows 10/8/7.
A: You might have a problem where BitLocker asks for a recovery key every time you start your computer. For example, if BitLocker sees a new device on the boot list or an external storage device that is connected, it will ask for the recovery key for safety.
BitLocker asks for a recovery key when it doesn’t have one.
The boot order has changed.
Hardware was re-done.
Due to an accident, virus, or something else, the BitLocker metadata has lost all of the password information.
Q: Is there a way to get the BitLocker recovery key?
A: No, each BitLocker-encrypted drive has its own unique BitLocker recovery key, so you can get your files back.
Conclusion
BitLocker is an encryption process that is built into the Windows operating system. It protects user data from people who don’t want to see it.
Many people use Bitlocker to encrypt their operating system or hard drive so that they can protect important data with a password.
Then there are times when they get a message that says that the operating system couldn’t decrypt the encrypted disc.
When there are important changes to the operating system, this is usually the case.