How do I get my BitLocker 48 digit recovery key?

How do I get my BitLocker 48 digit recovery key?

A key may be saved to a USB flash drive (Plug the USB flash drive in to your locked PC and follow the instructions. If you saved the key as a text file on the flash drive, use a different computer to read the text file) A key may be saved to your Microsoft account (search BitLocker Recovery Keys to retrieve the key)

How do I get the 48 digit BitLocker recovery key?

BitLocker, Microsoft's disk encryption tool, could be trivially bypassed prior to last week's patches, according to recent security research.

How do I remove BitLocker without recovery key?

Case 1: Remove BitLocker without password and recovery key on Mac. Step 1: Open the Disk Utility from the Dock. Choose the BitLocker encrypted drive and click on Erase. Step 2: Next to the Format, select MS-DOS (FAT) then click the Erase button.

How do I disable BitLocker recovery?

Open Windows Explorer and right-click on the BitLocker encrypted drive, and then choose Unlock Drive from the context menu. You'll get a popup in the upper right corner that asking for BitLocker password. Enter your password and click Unlock. The drive is now unlocked and you can access the files on it.

Why is my computer asking for Bitlocker key?

It is caused by hardware changes, motherboard replacement, malware attack, Windows updates, hard drive crash, system crash, or the program believes the data might be under attack so that Windows 10, 8 or 7 boots into Bitlocker recovery, but it should not happen continuously.

Why does my laptop keep asking for a BitLocker key?

BitLocker is an encryption function of the Windows operating system. You may encounter an issue where on every boot BitLocker asks for a recovery key. When BitLocker sees a new device in the boot list or an attached external storage device it will prompt for the key for security reasons. This is normal behavior.