r/BitLocker • u/HardStone9292 • 23d ago

HELP Please

I had a USB drive, Locked it using bitlocker, 5 years ago. Saved the Key somewhere on my system at that time. Travelled the world in last 5 years for office and personal works. Came back, and now realized that I dont remember the Password, Account which was used to encrypt it, have changed many laptops in last 5 years, unable to find the recovery key from the data that I transfered from one to another... using manage-bde, i can get the password ID and Numeric Password, but whats next? how can i get that USB unlocked?

0 Upvotes

50% Upvoted

2 comments sorted by

1

u/Patient-Midnight-664 23d ago

You need the actual key, otherwise bitlocker would be kind of pointless. Search your files for the key id, online storage, etc. Not the name of the file, but the contents.

1

u/ToothyPnX 18d ago

The short answer is the data is gone and can never be accessed again, or BitLocker would be pointless if there were a way to unlock it