Windows 10: How to recover individual files/directories not an entire drive encrypted by Bitlocker?

Hello,I recently reinstalled Windows 10 after performing a CPU and motherboard upgrade, but I have a few folders that had previously been encrypted using Bitlocker on the old hardware. I have the Bitlocker recovery key for when I used it, but I'm not sure how to recover these files using this key, as Bitlocker doesn't recognize that the files on the drive are encrypted it specifically says "X: Bitlocker Off".Any suggestions on how to recover these encrypted files given that Bitlocker doesn't seem to recognize they are encrypted?Thank you in advance for the assistance!

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Recovering BitLocker encrypted partition

Hi Ali. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

Here are ways to rescue files from a recovered Bitlocker drive:

http://woshub.com/data-recovery-on-a-damaged-ha...

https://www.howtogeek.com/263561/how-to-recover...

https://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/recover-bi...

https://www.ufsexplorer.com/articles/how-to/rec...

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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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 Drive Encryption

Recently I was attempting to encrypt my drive with bitlocker because windows was suggesting to encrypt them via the security page when logging into my account. Though, when I do attempt to encrypt them with bitlocker it states that my drive is already
encrypted via bitlocker. I was wondering if there was a different way that it needs to be set up because I was hoping to add the extra layer of security to my drives with bitlocker encryption and password protecting them via a recovery key.