Finding a lost Bitlocker Recovery Key

This video looks at the options for storing Bitlocker Recovery Keys, and hopefully will help you identify where you stored yours.

Covers querying Windows for your current Bitlocker Recovery Key (if you currently have access to the files on the drive), and the original Bitlocker Recovery Pin creation in-case you can't get into Windows without it.

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[briannaspencer]

Literally saved me from restarting my entire computer and losing everything!! Thank you so much!!!

[make.anything]

Yup, the OneDrive solution at 2:49 is what worked for my dad's HP laptop when he randomly got locked out, never having set up BitLocker. What a stupid bug, but thank you for helping me save his PC on father's day. I'm the hero :P

[theurgic]

To anyone skeptical of video, it's a great one. He lays out a ton of different scenarios and explains them clearly. It helped me out a ton. It does not deserve the amount of dislikes it received. If you lost the key that is on you, not him.

To channel, thank you for putting in the time to make this terrific video. It was great and im sure the vast majority liked it too. Thank you very much!

[toni-annlynch]

Thank you so much. I am an 18 year old girl and I got this Hp PC for Mr my graduation. I turned on my laptop like an hour ago to see it asking for a bitlocker recovery key, I have never seen or heard of that before. I was just excited to continue watching an anime o started and was so annoyed and upset and even more so because I felt clueless and could do nothing about it. I followed the instructions countless times, the key was not on my Microsoft account. I was about to just reset everything when I decided to watch a video from the video section on Google. I found this. And I got the key. I felt like crying because I thought I would lose my information so it may sound like a bit if a drag but with all my heart, I thank you. I'm happy again.

[Hawk-n-dove]

Thank you so much for the reminder that when setting up my computer, that I would have selected a method to save this key...that caused me to remember that I had to recreate a new Microsoft account name/email...and THEN I found my key!!

[ricardovergara]

Oh my god, God Bless You. I thought I was screwed and couldn’t believe my rotten luck when I got to the point where it asked me for a 48 encrypted key for the bit-locker. After doing all the research for what I needed to buy to remove the NVME card in my surface pro, the usb drive for the card, etc.... you’re a god send!!!

[niravkaku]

This helped quite a lot! I had no idea what I was going in for when I started BitLocker... stupid me. Never again!

[davidharper]

Got it from my machine using Method 1.... it was OEM and they gave me everything except the BitLocker Key.... I was putting together a disaster recovery kit and bang this stopped me during testing... great work... thanks

[bertus]

Thank you. Windows kept giving me an different URL that did not word, but the second I logged into one drive using your link it work

[guillermodecarli]

you are not like the others who puts link filled with adds, so u deserve to be thanks for the plugin and all the best for future

[ModelsExInferis]

Thanks for this, really saved my day! Apparently my Surface Pro (2017) came with the drive locked as I was never prompted to set a pass code for this "feature". Only ran into it now trying to do a clean install and got stuck in a bootloop! Thankfully your advice to check my MS account did, indeed, show the pass code. So again, thank you so much!

Hope you are staying safe and well.

[prithvihongal]

My HDD was locked and this video saved my life by recovering all data.

[merciditas]

OMG!!!...you helped me find my recovery key in just seconds!!!..i was wasting my 3 hrs finding my keys by reading and following the instructions of Microsoft., and i search here in youtibe, found your video and Viola!!!Thank you so much!..Godbless you more!Your new subscriber❤❤❤

[marcpalumbo]

THE ONE DRIVE TOTALLY WORKED! AFTER READING THE OTHER ARTICLES AND NOTHING THANK YOU AND THANK YOU VIVIAN

[littlestone]

What a brilliant collection of valid solutions. Thank you.

[AleenaMalik]

Holy wow! You are such a hero 💕 Cannot say thank you enough

[falguni]

Generally, I don't write any comments on any post. However, this video has saved my life and help me recover my laptop .. thanks for making this video and it's really useful!! Thanks again!

[rafikikierkegaard]

Thank you SO MUCH, your video SAVED me, nothing else worked and I was completely freaking out because of all the online classes I need my PC for

[davemac]

This happens all the time on my work laptop. It usually occurs when I try to boot up my computer when the battery is completely empty and I have just plugged it in to the charger and boot it up. Often, I find, that it will boot normally if I unplug the charger, hold the power button down for 10 seconds or more, then plug it back in to the charger, and boot up. I'm not saying that this always works, but it works often.