Find Your BitLocker Recovery Key
If your computer asks for your BitLocker recovery key, this video will help you find it. BitLocker encrypts your hard drive to protect your data, but sometimes it gets a little unhappy and needs a recovery key to decrypt the drive. Fortunately there are a number of places you might be able to find this key if you haven’t got it to hand.
➡️ Check Azure Active Directory:
https://myaccount.microsoft.com
➡️ Check Your Microsoft Account:
https://account.microsoft.com/devices
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Video timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
0:36 – What is BitLocker?
2:43 – Easy Fixes
3:34 – Places to Find Your Recovery Key
3:55 – Active Directory Domain Services
4:45 – Azure Active Directory
5:36 – Your Microsoft Account
6:58 – How To Back Up Your Recovery Key
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The manage-bde command is a preventative measure to make sure you have a copy of your key before you get locked out. If you're already locked out of your drive it won't work and you will need to use one of the other methods in the video to find your key.
My microsoft said no bitlocker uploaded but my blue screen is saying i have a bitlocker…do you guys have any suggestion to retrieve the key or bypass it
The Last method worked for me, thank you.
Thanks a bunch for this great video, I spent a few hours researching how to unlock my 2nd SSD I had added to my laptop that ended up being bitlocked when I reset my laptop. The key was located on my school account's device! Cheers!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!❤
Fantastic! Worked exactly as described. Thankyou so much.
I'm confused, I have a brand new laptop (3days), how do I bypass the bitlocker screen to search for the password?
Keep putting in my key but it keeps saying the pc hasnt been started up correctly and the cycle keeps going
You're a LEGEND!! THANK YOU!!
My Key has letters and numbers and would not type…this is annoying!!!
you're a life saver to me i almost send my laptop back to croma just to replace the hard disk, this video helped a ton!
Absolute life saver. Thank you.
Thank you soooooo Muchhhhhh!!!!!!😭😭😭
Thank you so much you saved my computer and my nerves
Life saving ❤
Superb presentation. So much better than other videos on the horrible subject. (MS have more work to do.) Very many thanks.
This video was no help you talk to much literally about nothing …. You said everything but how to fix the situation
I found the bitlock key and entered it however, when booting it is stuck at the loading screen…Can you help?
my keys don’t work
Oops i booted accidentally linux and thats over 😂
Thanks you very much, you saved me. God bless you.
Is there a way to reset it without a recovery code?
Thank you so much I thought I was screwed when I turned on my computer and that came up because I just updated something before
Is this shit program something that comes with new PCs how the fuck did it even get on my pc
OMG THIS VIDEO SAVE MY LIFE PHEW IF I COULDNT FIX THIS SCHOOL PC I WOULDVE HAVE TO BUY A NEW ONE 😢😂😂❤❤ tysm i got lucky and found it on my mobile on microsoft account device😂 ill give u a subscribe and a like for this!!!!
I’m so upset about this, it’s unbelievable, how they are asking for a bit locker key and on my account it says I don’t have one, I have never setup one urgghhh
Took laptop to get new DC power port. Get it home and get this screen. Log into my Microsoft account and no recovery keys saved. No way to get past this blue screen. I've never activated BitLocker. Don't have a key. What can I do now?
YOU SAVED MEEEE!!! Thankss❤
Thank you so much. I wanted to undervolt my locked Intel 11th Gen i5-11260H a few days back because my CPU was going upto 95-99 °C while gaming and as soon as I turned off the secure boot, this Bitlocker thing popped up. Luckily it went away after I turned it back again but I was sad that I cant undervolt. Thanks to you I can continue.
Thank you my brother. I thought I damage my mother's laptop.
My DUDE, Thank you, for real!!!! Thanks so much I don't have words!!!! You are a HERO!!!!!!! 💛🌻💛🌻💛🌻💛
And what do you do when you can't even get into the home screen. I can't get past the Windows login screen. So going to control panel or anything else is not possible. Then what?
I’m so confused. My Microsoft account shows 2 computers- which I do have… but the same recovery key. And one of the computers is asking for the key and it’s not working
Thank you so much I had tests due today and this video save my Grade and life