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What is Bdehdcfg?

Bdehdcfg: newdriveletter. Assigns a new drive letter to the portion of a drive used as the system drive. Bdehdcfg: size. Determines the size of the system partition when a new system drive is being created.

How do I manually prepare a drive for BitLocker in Windows 10?

How to obtain the BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool

  1. Click Start , type. Windows Update in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
  2. Click Check for updates.
  3. Click View available Extras.
  4. Click to select the BitLocker and EFS enhancements check box, and then click Install.

What are the 3 major system requirements for the deployment of BitLocker drive encryption?

For computers that boot natively with UEFI firmware, at least one FAT32 partition for the system drive and one NTFS partition for the operating system drive. For computers with legacy BIOS firmware, at least two NTFS disk partitions, one for the system drive and one for the operating system drive.

How do I recover a BitLocker partition?

Step by Step BitLocker Recovery Process

  1. Launch the executable file you downloaded.
  2. Choose BitLocker file system by double click on the disk and open it.
  3. Select EFS recovery method.
  4. Enter the BitLocker volume password when asked.
  5. The recovery process will start and you need to wait for some time.

How do I create a BitLocker recovery key?

Lost startup key

  1. Log on as an administrator to the computer that has the lost startup key.
  2. Open Manage BitLocker.
  3. Select Duplicate start up key, insert the clean USB drive on which you are going to write the key and then select Save.

How do I bypass BitLocker?

There is no way to bypass the BitLocker recovery key when you want to unlock a BitLocker encrypted drive without a password. However, you can reformat the drive to remove the encryption, which needs no password or recovery key.

How do I fix a corrupted BitLocker drive?

How to fix a corrupted BitLocker drive?

  1. Right-click on the corrupted BitLocker-encrypted drive in File Explorer or Disk Management.
  2. Select the “Format…” option from the right-click menu.
  3. Select file system type and set other information.
  4. Click on the Start button. The format will be completed in several minutes.

Can BitLocker be recovered?

BitLocker recovery is the process by which you can restore access to a BitLocker-protected drive in the event that you cannot unlock the drive normally. In a recovery scenario, you have the following options to restore access to the drive: The user can supply the recovery password.

How do I bypass BitLocker on startup?

How to Bypass Bitlocker by Disabling the BitLocker Protection from the Boot Drive

  1. Press Esc on your keyboard for more recovery options on the BitLocker recovery screen.
  2. Next, click Skip this drive, and you’ll see more options you can choose on Windows RE (step three).
  3. Click Troubleshoot on the options shown below.

How do I generate a BitLocker recovery key?

Log on as an administrator to the computer that has the lost startup key. Open Manage BitLocker. Select Duplicate start up key, insert the clean USB drive on which you are going to write the key and then select Save.

How do I recover BitLocker software?

Recover Data from Formatted BitLocker Encrypted Drive

  1. Choose BitLocker encrypted Windows drive volume. Click Scan. [Note: The software will prompt for a BitLocker password. Enter the password to access and scan the drive.
  2. Once the scan is complete, preview the data. Then, select the files that you want to recover.

How do I force BitLocker to unlock?

If the status is returned as locked, you must use the following command to unlock it using your recovery password: manage-bde -unlock c: -rp your 48-digit recovery password.

How do I reset BitLocker BIOS?

Start/Restart the computer, and press F1 to entire the Bios setup. Navigate to the TPM menu, and select clear (needs confirmation).

Is BitLocker a virus?

This is the case of BitLocker Ransomware, a malware that is spreading like wildfire these days in Italy: it is a crypto ransomware that has been spreading all over the world since 2015 (when it was only aimed at English-speaking users).