BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

If you have the BitLocker recovery key, you can unlock the BitLocker encrypted hard drive partition through the Control Panel. However, if your Windows OS is corrupted and you cannot boot into Windows ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to fix a known issue causing Windows 10 systems to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the May 2025 security updates. To fix systems stuck at a ...

Facepalm: Windows users who have encrypted their PCs with BitLocker might have trouble rebooting after installing a July OS update. Microsoft instructs those impacted to refer to the standard ...

A family member recently came to me with this strange Bitlocker issue on a dual boot laptop that occurred after the motherboard was replaced due to a water spill. The Windows 10 boot and shared data ...

Windows BitLocker offers an easy-to-use solution for encrypting your hard drive. However, it also has drawbacks, which might ...