Windows 10: Bitlocker failed in main drive and now startup repair fails.

Stuck in a blue screen loop. Chkdsk doesn't work. Diskpart clear attributes doesn't work.

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Startup Repair Failing

My computer needed to restart to update recently, and the auto repair keeps failing and gives the message:

"Startup Repair couldn't repair your PC

Press 'Advanced options' to try other options to repair your PC or 'Shut down' to turn off your PC.

Log file: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt"

I've tried many of the advanced options and nothing seems to work or help. I'd appreciate any advice or suggestions.

 

Data Recovery from Bitlocker Encrypted Drive Fail

Hi friends,

I'm using Windows 10, Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363

I'm in a bit of a jam. Thanks to a faulty USB cable, my 8TB external hard-drive disconnected while decrypting the data. And so now it's not accepting my password, which I know is correct.

I get the first following error:





So I did some googling and found these instructions:

How to Recover Data from Damaged Bitlocker Drive

I bought another 8TB hard-drive, formatted it and executed:

repair-bde E: F: -pw –Force

This went to 100%, which some errors reading specific sectors (which the article outlined). But when I went to run chkdsk as recommended, I got the following error on the output drive (F:\)





I also get the following error when I attach the output drive from Windows:





When I get the disks in DISKPART, the corrupted drive seems to still have something on it, even though it went to completion with repair-bde.





I'm at a loss, my next step is ddrescue on Linux, but I'm not even sure that would work with a, presumably, still encrypted drive.

Any help would be greatly, greatly, appreciated. It's family photos, all that jazz, so I need to do everything I can to get it back.

Thanks!

 

Recovering data from a failed BitLocker drive?

the Build is 21HB for both.

The issue is that since the drive failed, Windows can recognize that something is plugged into a USB port, but nothing further than that. The failed drive does not show up in the BitLocker Drive Encryption in the Control Panel.

I need to be able to read the failed drive, while also handling the BitLocker Encryption.