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 provides a recovery key a unique 48-digit numerical password that you can use to unlock your drive. But what if you have lost the BitLocker recovery key? Well, we’ll show you how to find it.

By using the Linux xxd command to turn that 32-byte hex dump key into a binary key file, the dislocker-fuse FUSE module can create a dynamically decrypted virtual filesystem that you can just mount.

How to save a fresh copy of your BitLocker recovery key If you're running Windows 11 Pro, Windows prompts you to save the recovery key when you first turn on BitLocker encryption.

BitLocker recovery key saved my PC after an update locked me out. Here’s how I used the recovery key from my Microsoft account to unlock encrypted drives.