Bitlocker blocking access to my drive :(

[sharp pollen]

I pulled an drive out of my laptop to try and use as extra storage on my pc then i found that it had been locked by bit locker i tried to put this back into my laptop but it still says its locked from there as well. I cant find the key anywhere, ive tried my microsoft account but its not there, it was an old company laptop passed down to me. anyone know what options i have?

[low ibex]

wipe the drive that has bitlocker on it, then it will work as normal

[sharp pollen]

theres still some data on the drive that i'd like to retrieve

[low ibex]

you have bitlocker on the drive, its made for anti theft, since you "stole" the drive by taking it out, it requires a password when you put it back in.

if you dont have that password then thats on you, wipe the drive or just leave it there

[sharp pollen]

Is there anywhere on the original laptop i can find this key? the problem is that even if i put the drive back in its original computer its still locked

[low ibex]

they key is a long password saved on your pc if you didnt save the backup codes thats your fault, you could have also turned off bitlocker before removing the drive so you dont even need a key in the futyre

[sharp pollen]

where can i find this password that is saved on my pc

ive looked online and it just says that its on my microseoft account which it is not

[low ibex]

go into windows, type bootlocker and then look at your keys

[low ibex]

its only there if you turned on bitlocker WITH your microsoft account

[sharp pollen]

ive never turned on bitlocker myself it must have just been on my default because it's a corperate laptop

is it possible that i can also find it in the bios

or registry?

[low ibex]

you can find it in these locations if you have done them:
your usb with recovery key on it
a printout of your recovery key
In a work or school account that turned on bitlocker
the system administrator that turned on bitlocker