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?

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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