Windows 10: Locking an Unlocked BitLocker Enabled Drive

Hi, I searched for an option to lock an unlocked BitLocker enabled drive but couldn't find anything. The unlocked drive is accessible by the other user when switching the user account. There should be an option to lock the drive when a user has finished.




I hereby suggest to modify the context menu as shown in the image:






I am sure this will help the users a lot.


Thank you

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Bitlocker won't unlock on boot

Hi David,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

This issue might occur, when the bit locker is not configured properly.

I suggest you to unlock the bit lock drives and enabling to bit lock again on the drives and check it helps.

To unlock the bit lock drives, refer to the below link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/unlock-bitlocker-protected-drive

Note: Applies to Windows 10 as well.

To enable Bit lock on the drives, refer to the below link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/protect-files-bitlocker-drive-encryption#1TC=windows-8

Note: Applies to Windows 10 as well.

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Unable to unlock USB drives encrypted/locked with Bitlocker To Go


Hey All,

Recently my company provided me with a Windows 10 SOE image as part of a UAT. The image includes Symantec Endpoint Encryption which utilizes Bitlocker for encryption.

I went through all of the motions with the C:\ drive to be encrypted and even printed the recovery key. Well, at some point I plugged in a few My Passport USB drives and they became locked by Bitlocker To Go. Everytime I try to unlock or click on these drives it asks for the 48-bit key which I don't have because I never was prompted to encrypt/lock these drives.









IT says that there are no keys stored on the servers for these USB drives and suggested that this would be a "local" encryption. However, they also stated that they wouldn't be encrypted unless I was prompted about it. So, there's this mystery about how these USB drives came to be locked.


I've been doing some research and the closest I've come is getting some output about the protectors:
Code:

Code:

c:\Windows\System32>manage-bde -protectors g: -get BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version 10.0.10011 Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.   Volume G: [Label Unknown] All Key Protectors       Numerical Password:       ID: {27319850-4EB5-42AC-9BA5-1C0CCB997EE7}       External Key:       ID: {A4A49BE5-70A4-4388-8B2F-8C13B1CA765C}       External Key File Name:         A4A49BE5-70A4-4388-8B2F-8C13B1CA765C.BEK

I've tried to copy the .bek file to another non-encrypted/locked USB but get:

Code:

Code:

c:\Windows\System32>manage-bde -protectors -add g: -rp f:\key BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version 10.0.10011 Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.   ERROR Cannot specify multiple volumes  c:\Windows\System32>manage-bde -protectors -add g: -rp f:\key\key.txt BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version 10.0.10011 Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.   ERROR: The operation cannot be performed because the volume is locked.

I've tried all of the passwords (even blank) I have in an attempt to unlock the drive:

Code:

Code:

c:\Windows\System32>manage-bde -unlock g: -pw BitLocker Drive Encryption: Configuration Tool version 10.0.10011 Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.   Enter the password to unlock this volume: ERROR: The password failed to unlock volume G:.

When I search my laptop by either the Numerical or External IDs, I get nothing even with hidden files enabled.

Can anybody provide any recommendations here? I can always provide any additional info. Should I also post in the MS forums?

There's so much data on these drives that I cannot loose.

Regards, Jimmy

 

Unlock an eternal drive bitlocker

Vijay,

This is a Seagate external expansion hard drive (1 Terrabyte). I never had any issues with the drive until yesterday when I disconnected and reconnected it. At that point the Locked symbol showed up. I am told that I need to provide a password or recovery
key to unlock the bitlocker. I did not put the bitlocker into effect. Therefore I do not have a password or recovery key code to unlock it. This is a Microsoft software caused issue.

I spoke to a tech person from Seagate who told me this is an unsecured external drive with no encryption and that I needed to speak with Microsoft about unlocking the drive.

I did shut down the computer as you suggested and the drive still has a locked symbol.

I appreciate your help on this. If I cannot get the drive unlocked I will have to speak to a Microsoft tech person for $50 about a problem that Microsoft caused. Not good...

Do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Jay C