Windows 10: How to reset/unlock Windows 11 if locked out, and I don't have the Bitlocker key?

Hello,My microsoft surface pro 7 windows 11 ran into a few issues during the last shut down, and now it requires the Bitlocker key to start windows, and I'm unable to do anything else. I do not have the Bitlocker key, so I'm unsure how to proceed. If I reset the device, will I still need the Bitlocker key?Will a reset work, or will it ask for the Bitlocker key after resetting as well?If I do require the key, is there any other way I can start my device I'm okay with losing all the files on the device, if no other option worksOr should I do a clean reinstillation of Windows 11 without needi

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HELP: Automatic BitLocker Unlock.

Thank you sir, ill try your solution.

Windows Auto unlock ONLY works in case you have Bitlocker on your system drive, because if your system drive is not encrypted auto unlocking other drives means loss of security.
But in my case my system drive is Encrypted with hardware encryption that i password unlock during boot. So auto unlocking Bitlocker drives will do fine for me.

 

Is there a way to unlock HDD Drive that's locked by Bitlocker without key?

Hello, after updating my laptop from Windows 10 to Windows 11 HDD drive (D is locked by Bitlocker.
Previously i didn't had Microsoft account, i used only my gmail account. I didn't use Bitlocker at all.

While updating to windows 11 i formatted only the C: drive, where Windows 10 was installed.
I created new mail and Microsoft account at the first start of Windows 11. After finishing the setup I saw that D drive is Locked, and to unlock it i need to have 48 digit key, that i don't have.
I didn't save any file anywhere, i didn't prepared no usb key, i didn't knew this bitlocker thing was active in my laptop at all.

Now when I access my new Microsoft account i see key for Bitlocker only for Drive C. (that helped me to disable bitlocker for Drive C).
Drive D is not in the list.

I tried to access this key check page with my gmail account, and I couldn't login (because it's not a microsoft account).
Also i checked cmd commands to see full Key ID that Bitlocker requires but it's not password to unlock.
I tried to disable SecurityBoot to see if this will show password, but still only the Key ID is shown.

After updating Windows i had to update BIOS too.

Now in BIOS i can see and save TPM keys, but none of them have same Key ID as bitlocker requires (this may be due to newer version of bios). Currently windows not allows me to roll back to previous BIOS version, because it's not supported.

I'm not even sure if TPM keys would help at all, to be honest.

As a final detail, i would add that the reason why i updated Windows to 11 and BIOS, is because latest windows update caused my graphic card to drop it's frequency for no reason at all. Temperature was 65 to 69 degrees max.
This caused games and video files to "stutter" or lag noticeably and no graphic card driver reinstall helped. I'm fixing this update aftermath for a week now, and after D: drive lock, I'm not able to work. I need data from that drive, formatting it is not an option for me.

Is there a way to request the key by only having Key ID?
How can i unlock my HDD?

Please help.

 

How to Unlock HDD "D" Hard drive that is locked by a bitlocker??

Try enabling Auto Unlock: How to Enable BitLocker Auto Unlock on Windows 11

If you still are experiencing issues then once you get it unlocked I suggest you turn OFF BitLocker. Then later, turn it back ON. Make sure you keep the password and recovery key in a safe place.