foreign welcome to the official wondershare recoveries YouTube channel this is where we
discuss a lot of practical data recovery Solutions and today we're going to help you to retrieve your
BitLocker recovery key as a Windows user you probably have used BitLocker in order to encrypt
your volumes so that you feel your data is better secured you must also know that the recovery key
is integral part of the whole process because this is the exact key you're going to need in
order to decrypt all the data however in some situations you might have to decrypt your drives
like upgrading the hardware or probably after crashing and trying to recover some important
data out of your encrypted drive you then figure out that unfortunately you've lost your recovery
key if this is what you experienced at the moment then you're at the right place because we're going
to help you to find the working methods in order to get your recovery key and restore all the
needed files now if you're a new BitLocker user here's what you need to know about the recovery
key as the name implies BitLocker recovery key is an exclusive Windows key that automatically
gets generated when you're setting up volume encryption Microsoft advises users to save
this key as it will be required to unlock the encrypted volume so what if you end up
forgetting about the key or losing the location where you've backed up the file well it's not the
end of the world neither is the end of the data that you're counting on and it's time to start
thinking indirection how to actually recover it the easiest way to find the BitLocker recovery
key is through your Microsoft account to do this all you need is your Microsoft account
credentials simply navigate to Microsoft's Website login with your username and password as soon as
you sign in you're going to see your BitLocker recovery key right on your screen if you can't
access your Microsoft account or you don't use such at all there's the possibility that
you keep record of this recovery key in text format so simply open the search function of
your computer and look for recoverykey.txt file on your system it's basically a text file that
automatically gets generated when you set up your encryption key so as long as you haven't
deleted this text file manually you're going to be able to retrieve the BitLocker key easily
another way to find a BitLocker recovery key is in case you already have backed it up on
a USB flash drive simply plug the drive into the computer and search for the BitLocker backup file
another possibility you might have printed the key on a piece of paper because this is one of
the options that BitLocker is giving you when you have to back it up at the first place so I think
it's worth spending just a few minutes to look up for a document containing your key method 5
is more and the price oriented solution because it would require your computer to be part of a
domain but it's really worth checking with your system administrator whether they can help you
to retrieve the key if you really have a computer on the domain inside the active directory uses and
computers window locate and click the containers right click on the computer's object click on
properties switch to the BitLocker recovery keytab and copy the recovery key to unlock
the lock volume on the system alternatively if you use Azure active directory accounts
there's a possibility you just go to the account go under device information and you will be able
to display the BitLocker recovery key finally if none of these methods so far have been working
last option is to try the commands prompt in elevated modes to do this open command prompt
and simultaneously press Ctrl shift and enter in order to launch elevated command prompt now
execute this command manage dash bde dash protectors C get in order to retrieve the
BitLocker recovery key within seconds and that wraps up our episode about how you can
retrieve your lost BitLocker recovery key seven different procedures seven different chances of
getting it back and hopefully by the time now you already have access to your precious files
in case you know other Solutions which you find relevant and helpful please do share
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