Windows 10: Turned on bitlocker and now the recovery key is not working.

I have windows 10 installed on a m.2 NVMe drive and windows 11 on a separate ssd. I turned on bitlocker for my windows 10 installation. It saved the recovery key on a flash drive and I printed it out as well. I went through the prompts and it restarted my pc. It kept rebooting in a loop and going into recovery mode. Long story short, when it asks me to enter the recovery key, I enter it and it doesn't accept it. It also doesn't accept what's on the flash drive. Really don't want to format anything here since I have important data on there I wasn't able to backup recently.I tried opening up com

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Lost bitlocker recovery key

I have lost my bitlocker recovery key and tried following the recovery steps. I have also searched and tried following the command prompts suggested but none have worked.

 

bitlocker recovery key

Hi Singh,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

In order to get clarity on this issue and assist you with appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

1. Are you not able login to your computer due to BitLocker Recovery Key?
2. Did you ever setup BitLocker Recovery Key on your computer?
3. Are you not able to login to your Microsoft Account to find the BitLocker Recovery Key?
4. Are you using Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Professional?

Meanwhile, try finding BitLocker Recovery Key if you have ever setup BitLocker Recovery Key for your computer.

Please elaborate on the issue, so that we can understand the concern and get back to us to help you further.

 

My bitlocker recovery key will not work

Hi Robert,

To help you in resolving your BitLocker concern, you may check the provided links below:

• BitLocker recovery keys: Frequently asked questions
• Find my BitLocker recovery key
• Turn on device encryption

Any information outside of the support articles we have provided is outside of consumer support which we handle here. Bitlocker is usually used in business environments which is supported by

TechNet. The moderators and users on TechNet are very knowledgeable and we suggest you post your question there.

We will also leave your thread open here in case another user has experienced the same issue and have found a workaround to share.

Kind regards.