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  1. NEVALSTON
    NevAlston Win User

    How to remove BitLocker encrpytion from an old external hard drive when you have the key...


    My old laptop suddenly expired and I was able to remove the hard drive, It is encrypted with BitLocker I have the recovery key and can access all the content, but I have to enter the key every time I connect the drive to my new laptop. How do I remove BitLocker from this old drive, using Windows 11?

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    NevAlston, Jan 23, 2023
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  2. NIKHAR_K
    Nikhar_K Win User

    Remove BitLocker for external drive

    Hi,



    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



    We understand that you want to disable BitLocker for the external hard drive. However, we would like to know if you are able to access data from the external hard drive.



    In the meantime, you may refer the steps mentioned below to disable BitLocker:



    1. Type Command Prompt in the search bar on the
      Taskbar.
    2. Right click on the Command Prompt icon and select
      Run as administrator.
    3. Type manage-bde –off X: and hit
      Enter      . (Replace X with the drive letter of the external hard drive)


    Meanwhile, you may also post your query in
    TechNet forums    , where we have support professionals who are well equipped with the knowledge on BitLocker to address your query.



    Regards,

    Nikhar Khare

    Microsoft Community - Moderator
     
    Nikhar_K, Jan 23, 2023
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  3. EM05
    Em05 Win User
    Bitlocker recovery key for an external hard drive

    My computer recently died and my local technology repair store was able to backup my data on to an external hard drive. However, the hard drive is locked with a bitlocker key and I am unable to find it. Since I don't have the laptop available to try to find the key, I turned to my Microsoft account. Even though my computer is registered with that account, there is no bitlocker key associated with it. How do I recover the bitlocker key if it doesn't appear that one was ever created? Please help
     
    Em05, Jan 23, 2023
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  4. DIGITALSCHISM
    DigitalSchism Win User

    How to remove BitLocker encrpytion from an old external hard drive when you have the key...

    Bitlocker doesn't recognize external hard drive

    I am running Windows 10 pro and when I go into the policies they are listed as not configured. The hard drive is a Toshiba Canvio Basics 2 TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive. I successfully used bitlocker on my internal hard drive 2 years ago so maybe the external
    drive is the issue?
     
    DigitalSchism, Jan 23, 2023
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