Windows 10: Data Recovery from Bitlocker Encrypted Drive Fail

Hi friends,

I'm using Windows 10, Version10.0.18363 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!

:)

 

bitlocker drive encryption recovery key error

"Find my BitLocker recovery key"

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...b-aa71c00ea55e/find-my-bitlocker-recovery-key

How to Unlock a Windows 7 Computer Locked by BitLocker Drive Encryption

BitLocker Drive Encryption - Unlock a Locked Data or Removable Drive - Windows 7 Help Forums

If none of that helps you, the Data is lost.

Cheers.

 

BitLocker Encrypted Hard Drive to MAC

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I regret the inconvenience caused to you. Let me help you.



I suggest you to perform below mentioned steps to disable BitLocker.

To disable BitLocker I would suggest you try the following steps and see if it helps.

• 
  Press Windows key + X and click on
  Control Panel.
  
• 
  Change View by from Category
  to Large Icons/Small Icons.
  
• 
  Click on BitLocker Drive Encryption and click on
  Turn BitLocker Off.
  
• 
  Follow on screen instructions. Click on Decrypt the Drive
  when the message appears.
  

I would suggest you click on the link below and refer the following article.

Scenario 12: Turning Off BitLocker Drive Encryption (Windows 7)

Scenario 12: Turning Off BitLocker Drive Encryption (Windows 7)

(You can refer the steps in the above link as they are applicable for Windows 10 as well)



Check if it helps.



I hope the information helps. Please keep us posted on the issue. We will be happy to assist you accordingly.

Thank you.

 

BitLocker encrypted drive not unlocking with recovery key

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand you are not able to unlock the encrypted drive with recovery key on the Windows 10 PC, you may want to refer to this article to check if that helps.



BitLocker recovery guide.



However, as the issue is with the BitLocker encryption. I would suggest you to post your query in the
TechNet,
where we have support professionals who are well equipped with the knowledge on BitLocker issues to assist you with your query.



Thanks,

Suman.B

Microsoft Community - Moderator