How to Open bitlocker

[wary lily]

I am a new IT support and I got a drive with data on it that's locked with bitlocker on it is there any way to bypass it to get the data?

[uneven summit]

thats the point of bit locker you cant

where did the drive come form

eg laptop?

[wary lily]

Desktop computer it's a 2TB drive

[uneven summit]

can you put it it back in the pc it came out of?

[tepid smelt]

You need the key

[digital wyvern]

You would use the manage-bde command and the drive's recovery key to unlock and/or decrypt the drive + turn off Bitlocker.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/manage-bde

Strong encryption (like Bitlocker) cannot "simply be bypassed" as this would defeat its entire purpose. (And even if it could be bypassed, we cannot discuss this without violating #rules #9 so you'd be on your own.)

[surreal hemlock]

get yourself a sabrent Sata USB adapter https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0758RP5V8?tag=fourneratll09-20&geniuslink=true&th=1

[half depot]

This is bad advice and does nothing to solve the issue

If you have a bitlocker encrypted drive and need the data, ask the customer if they have a Microsoft account that was used to sign in. Microsoft support may be able to verify ID and provide that unlock code. Or if they can log into another computer and go to my account.microsoft.com the recovery key may be listed. I've little experience with personal, but bitlocker keys are regularly saved and available for enterprise Microsoft accounts

[surreal hemlock]

your assuming all devices are MS platform with your answer, and or apps used are microsoft owned encrypted data.

MS does not own your data

[half depot]

Microsoft owns the bitlocker protocol gtfo

[surreal hemlock]

or the right to encrypt it

[half depot]

dummy

[surreal hemlock]

if you want to unencrypt your HDD's use a format that does not index encrypt it for recovery

like every other professional recovery house does

[half depot]

educate yourself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitLocker

[surreal hemlock]

if you are worried about MS bitlocker keys

they are valid on the system you boot those keys from

only

[half depot]

no they aren't

[surreal hemlock]

no

MS keys

are not

valid

\on UNIX

mac os

bsd

or linux

PERIOD

go read the copyright act

and laws under encryption

they are gone due to OPEN SOURCE

[half depot]

You're spamming and spreading misinformation and I'm disengaging from speaking to you. Mods have been notified.

[surreal hemlock]

bitlocker is MS tool

use another environment to recovery the data

you spammed me

I did not spam you

bitlocker does not work on EXFAT

you do not need to be on microsoft to recover data that bitlocker may have encyrpted or corrupted without your controlling

windows vista as well as windows NT were designed built by northern telecom labs using macs atop simon fraser university. the protocols change for each cpu's capability for encryption and keying, but the data itself is either a 0 or a 1

unless you are running hardware based encryption the simplest solution for a single HDD encryption is the best solution

[half depot]

The OP is looking for a way to recover data from an existing drive, which means finding the recovery key. Nobody asked for your personal beliefs on which encryption tech to use. what are you even talking about

[surreal hemlock]

another operating system will not read the encryption

[digital wyvern]

Depending on how the disk was encrypted, this may be incorrect. https://askubuntu.com/questions/617950/use-windows-bitlocker-encrypted-drive-on-ubuntu/617989#617989

[surreal hemlock]

good luck in your endeavors

[digital wyvern]

OP did not say if this disk was a system drive automatically encrypted using Bitlocker by way of a device specific TPM, or manually encrypted using a user-provided password. It's best to ask clarification from the user before spreading information that may be incorrect, lest it lead the user down the wrong path.

[surreal hemlock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCyCkl4m1e0&t=10s&pp=ygUZd2h5IGJpdGxvY2tlciBpcyBvYnNvbGV0ZQ%3D%3D

this is meant to be a temporary fix

[half depot]

That is fair enough. win11-24h2 enabled bitlocker by default and since then I've so far seen that most people just give in to their pushy tactics of creating a microsoft account to log in the first time. I don't really service computers publicly but so far every business customer I've encountered has a recovery key stored at intune/entra/m365

[surreal hemlock]

yes

your absolutely right

not many people want their own gear encrypted

but many business owners want it to be a feature set

britec gives many users a review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLUbxakvu0o

[digital wyvern]

This is off-topic as it has nothing to do with OP's original thread question. #1309530028664422410 message

[half depot]

I can't tell if this guy is just an LLM bot or not.

[glad sand]

Sounds like just a random lunatic to me

[glad sand]

Either way, if you mount it under Windows (or attempt to boot from it), it should ask for a decryption key - if you don't have this decryption key, you won't be able to get to the data, at all

[glad sand]

If the previous owner doesn't know the key either, but had used a Microsoft account to sign in, then it's likely listed in his My Devices section as Xiel mentioned here ↑

That latter part regardless if BitLocker was enabled intentionally or automatically (by Windows Pro 24H2)

[half depot]

woops! that should be https://myaccount.microsoft.com darn autocorrect

[glad sand]

Yup! Then you want to go into Devices → find your device

Click it and → View Bitlocker keys

And click "Show recovery key"

What you'll get is 64 (I think) digits long number

[surreal hemlock]

make sure you get your path corrected then