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  • 07-07-2013 11:09am
    #1
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hi, I'm looking for help recovering a bitlocker encrypted external drive.
    If was created & encrypted using Windows 8, but when I go to unlock it I get a message that the encryption on this drive is not compatible with your version of windows???

    I have a recovery key , but can't find how I go about using this to get access back to this drive.


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    #2
    Torqay
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    How to Unlock a Drive using BitLocker Recovery in Windows 8.

    If that fails:

    How to Use BitLocker Repair Tool to Recover a Drive in Windows 7 and Windows 8


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    KoolKid
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    Thanks Torqay,
    Have looked at those. Am I missing something obvious for the first option?
    How do I get to that screen?


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    Torqay
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    Did you scroll down to Option Two? The first option is to unlock a system drive, you want to unlock a removable drive.


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    KoolKid
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    It's a removable drive. The command line option seems to unlock the drive. Bitlocker shows it as unlocked bit the contents are all encrypted.
    When I try running Bitlocker to go it suggests using Windows 7.
    I'll install that on a partition later and let you know what happens.


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    KoolKid
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    That didn't work either.
    The recover spent about 8 hours analysing and then failed without transferring anything.
    Any last suggestions or should I give up on this.....:(


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    johndoe99
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    have a read here (he uses RIPLinux and Ddrescue):

    http://iboyd.net/index.php/2012/09/08/recovering-data-from-a-failing-bitlocker-hard-drive/

    This fellow solved a problem similar to yours. It may or may not help, but worth a try.


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    KoolKid
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    I'll have a go at it later. Many thanks.


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