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Recovering BitLocker encrypted drives

Recovering BitLocker encrypted drives

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Recovering BitLocker encrypted drives

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- [Narrator] If an encrypted BitLocker drive is lost or stolen then the data on the drive cannot be accessed by a third party due to the strong encryption employed by BitLocker. The data on the drive can only be recovered if you have the BitLocker recovery password or the recovery key. Without the key, the data will remain secured and the encrypted drive unrecoverable. When you first set up BitLocker encryption you are prompted to create a BitLocker recovery key, and it's pretty important that this is created. There are several reasons why a device might go into recovery mode and require the use of a recovery key. These include, the TPM chip fails to automatically unload the drive due to an error with the TPM chip. You need to access an encrypted hard drive on a different device. Remember, the encrypted hard drive and the device's TPM chip are associated together. The TPM chip may have locked you out, for example,…

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