Bitlocker drive encryption how to#
Bitlocker drive encryption windows 10#
Bitlocker drive encryption software#
Bitlocker drive encryption password#

Bitlocker drive encryption windows 10#

Once you managed to log in back on the same Windows 10 PC it will pop up a little window showing that the drive is decrypting but don't wait because nothing will happen because it is just stuck on decrypting.

Bitlocker drive encryption software#

It will not work under other machine with the same version of Window 10 (I think it is because it is encrypting using hardware id as key and also maybe Windows 10 key, probably.) and it will not work using ANY commercial or free software from the internet (I tested them all, probably.). Next step is to mount the drive back in the same Windows 10 PC it was encrypted. You must deleted just that hidden partition only and be careful to avoid deleting the main one. In my case it was just one hidden partition and some not allocated space. More than this you are not able to see/access file and folders in that drive despite you can open it (under Linux you can't even open/access drive itself).įirst step is to open the drive in a disk management program like GParted from Linux and see that there are two other hidden partition on the same drive. SSD was partially decrypted and I installed Windows 10 on another HDD but it was in vain because even it showing 'Decrypting in progress' it get stuck on that and never progress further. It is seen in Windows explorere and also in linux file explorer but no access: All rightsĮRROR: An unlock mechanism (password, certificate, recovery password, Manage-bde -unlock D: BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rightsĮRROR: The operation cannot be performed because the volume is locked. Manage-bde -off D: BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. You can attempt to repair the drive to restore access. Percentage Encrypted: Unknown% ERROR: An error occurred (code 0x80070057): The parameter is incorrect.ĭ: The BitLocker metadata for the encrypted drive is not valid. All rightsĭisk volumes that can be protected with BitLocker Drive Encryption: Version Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Manage-bde -status BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool

Then switched back to Windows 7 PC and trying to continue to decrypt it here but it shows me this:

I tried to do it on a Linux live USB using criptsetup and also dislocker but it gives the following error every time:

Bitlocker drive encryption how to#

I need to decrypt this SSD and I have no idea how to do it. Manage-bde -status says that is is 35% still encrypted but when I try manage-bde -off E: it takes a few seconds and stops again. > Because drive didn't mount in Windows 7 showing that it is encrypted with Bitlocker (I didn't even know about this), I mounted it back in my Windows 10 machine and using manage-bde -off E: command I tried to fully decrypt it.Īnd for no reason that Windows 10 PC doesn't work anymore I pulled up that additional SSD and tried to continue to decrypt it under Windows 7 but it doesn't work.įorgot to say that it stopped just when decrypting it.įrom time to time (just a few minutes and it stops again -its main SDD is bad!) that Windows 10 PC runs with no problem and I mounted it back to try to continue decrypting it.

Bitlocker drive encryption password#

On my Windows 10 second PC I have an additional SSD which was encrypted by default with Bitlocker using no password or secure key.īecause that PC started to show some other hardware problems I tried to backup that drive using other PC running Windows 7.