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 BitLocker Repair Tool - Recover Drive in Windows 7 and 8 Published by Brink Administrator Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 20,890 How to Use BitLocker Repair Tool to Recover a Drive in Windows 7 and Windows 8  Information The BitLocker Repair Tool (Repair-bde) is a command-line tool included with Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 202, and Windows 8. This tool attemts to reair or decr!t a dama"ed #it$oc%er-encr!ted &olume usin" the sulied reco&er! in'ormation to reconstruct critical arts o' the dri&e and sal&a"e reco&era le data to another &olume. This tutorial will show !ou how to use the  BitLocker Repair Tool to reco&er !our data 'rom a dama"ed encr!ted operatin! s"ste# $%S& drive, 'i(ed data drive (e: internal &olume*dri&e), or re#ovable data drive (e: +# dri&e) in Windows 7 and Windows 8. ou must e si"ned in as an ad#inistrator to e ale to do the stes in this tutorial.  Note ou must ha&e at least one o' the 'ollowin" 'or the #it$oc%er encr!ted dri&e: o Password o eco&er! %e! o tartu %e! .#/ 'ile location ou will need to ha&e an emt! o)tp)t vol)#e (dri&e) o' e1ual or lar"er sie than the dama"ed #it$oc%er encr!ted dri&e. The contents o' the

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BitLocker Repair Tool - Recover Drive in Windows 7 and 8

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How to Use BitLocker Repair Tool to Recover a Drive inWindows 7 and Windows 8

Information

The BitLocker Repair Tool (Repair-bde) is a command-line tool included with WindowsServer 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows Server 202 and Windows 8 This tool

attemts to reair or decrt a damaed it$ocer-encrted ampolume usin the suliedrecoamper inormation to reconstruct critical arts o the driampe and salampae recoamperale data

to another ampolume

This tutorial will show ou how to use the BitLocker Repair Tool to recoamper our data roma damaed encrted operatin sste $Samp drive i(ed data drive (e internal

ampolumedriampe) or reovable data drive (e + driampe) in Windows 7 and Windows 8

ou must e sined in as an adinistrator to e ale to do the stes in this tutorial

Note

bull ou must haampe at least one o the ollowin or the it$ocer encrted driampe

o Password

o ecoamper e

o tartu e ile location

bull ou will need to haampe an emt o)tp)t vol)e (driampe) o e1ual or

larer sie than the damaed it$ocer encrted driampe The contents o the

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outut ampolume will e comletel deleted and oamperwritten the decrtedcontents o the damaed it$ocer driampe

Warning

The BitLocker Repair Tool should onl e used as a last resort when ou were unale to

decrt or unloc the encrted driampe usin either the password recover ke USBlas drive or BitLocker Recover

Tip

3 ou were sined in to our 4icrosot account when ou encrted a driampe with it$ocerthen ou can et our recoamper e rom our 5neDriampe at the lin elow

4icrosot account it$ocer recoamper es

+L+ Beore and ter )sin BitLocker Repair Tool1T+ In this example the BitLocker encrypted drive is F and the output volume is E

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Heres How

3 Do step 24 54 or 6 elow deendin on what ou would lie to do

23 To Use te assword in Windows 81T+ This option is only available in Windows 8 and would be for an OS drive fixeddata drive or removable data drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a password

A) 5en an elevated coand propt

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow and ress nter (see

screenshot elow)

repair-bde + -pw -

Note

6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe 7ot the last 6

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

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) hen romted in the command romt te the recoamper password or this encrteddriampe ress nter and o tostep elow

1T+ ou will not see the password as you type it

53 To Use te Recover 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would be for an OS drive fixed data drive or removable data drive that youstill have the recovery key either saved to your Microsoft account saved to a

file saved to a U flas drive or printed

A) 5en an elevated coand propt

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

repair-bde + -rp BitLockerRecover9e -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde F E -rp 261173-522599-237072-583517-442068-316811-199375-623755 -F

Note

6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

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itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute BitLockerRecover9e or the actual 8 diit recover ke or the encrteddriampe lie elow

Saved to USB or ile

Saved to icrosot acco)nt

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63 To Use te Start)p 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would only be for an drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a

SB flash drive

A) ince ou will not e ale to oot rom the 5 driampe ou will need to irst connect it toanother Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows Server 202 or Windows

8 P

) 5en an elevated coand propt in the other P

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

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repair-bde + -rk Start)p9e3B+9 -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde Z E -rk I AFA58D77-94CD-4300-8009-68B36AE53276BEK -F

Note6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute or the + driampe letter that the start)p ke has een saamped or coied to

ustitute Start)p9e or the actual ile name o the startu e or the encrted driampelie elow The ile (startu e) will e a idden protected S ile

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3 hen inall successull inished ollow an iampen lt=T1 R+gtUR+Dlt irst 6or

eamle to run ckdsk on the outut ampolume eore oenin (see screenshots elow ste

2 and aoampe)

1T+ The BitLocker epair Tool may take a long time to finish but you will still be able touse your $ during the recovery process ampust do not turn off the $ until it has finished

3 ou will now e ale to oen the outut ampolume (e ) to ampiew the decrted iles romthe it$ocer encrted driampe (e 6)

Thatlts it

hawn

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outut ampolume will e comletel deleted and oamperwritten the decrtedcontents o the damaed it$ocer driampe

Warning

The BitLocker Repair Tool should onl e used as a last resort when ou were unale to

decrt or unloc the encrted driampe usin either the password recover ke USBlas drive or BitLocker Recover

Tip

3 ou were sined in to our 4icrosot account when ou encrted a driampe with it$ocerthen ou can et our recoamper e rom our 5neDriampe at the lin elow

4icrosot account it$ocer recoamper es

+L+ Beore and ter )sin BitLocker Repair Tool1T+ In this example the BitLocker encrypted drive is F and the output volume is E

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Heres How

3 Do step 24 54 or 6 elow deendin on what ou would lie to do

23 To Use te assword in Windows 81T+ This option is only available in Windows 8 and would be for an OS drive fixeddata drive or removable data drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a password

A) 5en an elevated coand propt

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow and ress nter (see

screenshot elow)

repair-bde + -pw -

Note

6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe 7ot the last 6

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

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) hen romted in the command romt te the recoamper password or this encrteddriampe ress nter and o tostep elow

1T+ ou will not see the password as you type it

53 To Use te Recover 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would be for an OS drive fixed data drive or removable data drive that youstill have the recovery key either saved to your Microsoft account saved to a

file saved to a U flas drive or printed

A) 5en an elevated coand propt

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

repair-bde + -rp BitLockerRecover9e -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde F E -rp 261173-522599-237072-583517-442068-316811-199375-623755 -F

Note

6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

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itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute BitLockerRecover9e or the actual 8 diit recover ke or the encrteddriampe lie elow

Saved to USB or ile

Saved to icrosot acco)nt

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63 To Use te Start)p 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would only be for an drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a

SB flash drive

A) ince ou will not e ale to oot rom the 5 driampe ou will need to irst connect it toanother Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows Server 202 or Windows

8 P

) 5en an elevated coand propt in the other P

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

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repair-bde + -rk Start)p9e3B+9 -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde Z E -rk I AFA58D77-94CD-4300-8009-68B36AE53276BEK -F

Note6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute or the + driampe letter that the start)p ke has een saamped or coied to

ustitute Start)p9e or the actual ile name o the startu e or the encrted driampelie elow The ile (startu e) will e a idden protected S ile

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3 hen inall successull inished ollow an iampen lt=T1 R+gtUR+Dlt irst 6or

eamle to run ckdsk on the outut ampolume eore oenin (see screenshots elow ste

2 and aoampe)

1T+ The BitLocker epair Tool may take a long time to finish but you will still be able touse your $ during the recovery process ampust do not turn off the $ until it has finished

3 ou will now e ale to oen the outut ampolume (e ) to ampiew the decrted iles romthe it$ocer encrted driampe (e 6)

Thatlts it

hawn

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Heres How

3 Do step 24 54 or 6 elow deendin on what ou would lie to do

23 To Use te assword in Windows 81T+ This option is only available in Windows 8 and would be for an OS drive fixeddata drive or removable data drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a password

A) 5en an elevated coand propt

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow and ress nter (see

screenshot elow)

repair-bde + -pw -

Note

6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe 7ot the last 6

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

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) hen romted in the command romt te the recoamper password or this encrteddriampe ress nter and o tostep elow

1T+ ou will not see the password as you type it

53 To Use te Recover 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would be for an OS drive fixed data drive or removable data drive that youstill have the recovery key either saved to your Microsoft account saved to a

file saved to a U flas drive or printed

A) 5en an elevated coand propt

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

repair-bde + -rp BitLockerRecover9e -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde F E -rp 261173-522599-237072-583517-442068-316811-199375-623755 -F

Note

6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

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itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute BitLockerRecover9e or the actual 8 diit recover ke or the encrteddriampe lie elow

Saved to USB or ile

Saved to icrosot acco)nt

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63 To Use te Start)p 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would only be for an drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a

SB flash drive

A) ince ou will not e ale to oot rom the 5 driampe ou will need to irst connect it toanother Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows Server 202 or Windows

8 P

) 5en an elevated coand propt in the other P

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

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repair-bde + -rk Start)p9e3B+9 -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde Z E -rk I AFA58D77-94CD-4300-8009-68B36AE53276BEK -F

Note6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute or the + driampe letter that the start)p ke has een saamped or coied to

ustitute Start)p9e or the actual ile name o the startu e or the encrted driampelie elow The ile (startu e) will e a idden protected S ile

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3 hen inall successull inished ollow an iampen lt=T1 R+gtUR+Dlt irst 6or

eamle to run ckdsk on the outut ampolume eore oenin (see screenshots elow ste

2 and aoampe)

1T+ The BitLocker epair Tool may take a long time to finish but you will still be able touse your $ during the recovery process ampust do not turn off the $ until it has finished

3 ou will now e ale to oen the outut ampolume (e ) to ampiew the decrted iles romthe it$ocer encrted driampe (e 6)

Thatlts it

hawn

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) hen romted in the command romt te the recoamper password or this encrteddriampe ress nter and o tostep elow

1T+ ou will not see the password as you type it

53 To Use te Recover 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would be for an OS drive fixed data drive or removable data drive that youstill have the recovery key either saved to your Microsoft account saved to a

file saved to a U flas drive or printed

A) 5en an elevated coand propt

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

repair-bde + -rp BitLockerRecover9e -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde F E -rp 261173-522599-237072-583517-442068-316811-199375-623755 -F

Note

6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

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itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute BitLockerRecover9e or the actual 8 diit recover ke or the encrteddriampe lie elow

Saved to USB or ile

Saved to icrosot acco)nt

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63 To Use te Start)p 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would only be for an drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a

SB flash drive

A) ince ou will not e ale to oot rom the 5 driampe ou will need to irst connect it toanother Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows Server 202 or Windows

8 P

) 5en an elevated coand propt in the other P

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

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repair-bde + -rk Start)p9e3B+9 -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde Z E -rk I AFA58D77-94CD-4300-8009-68B36AE53276BEK -F

Note6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute or the + driampe letter that the start)p ke has een saamped or coied to

ustitute Start)p9e or the actual ile name o the startu e or the encrted driampelie elow The ile (startu e) will e a idden protected S ile

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3 hen inall successull inished ollow an iampen lt=T1 R+gtUR+Dlt irst 6or

eamle to run ckdsk on the outut ampolume eore oenin (see screenshots elow ste

2 and aoampe)

1T+ The BitLocker epair Tool may take a long time to finish but you will still be able touse your $ during the recovery process ampust do not turn off the $ until it has finished

3 ou will now e ale to oen the outut ampolume (e ) to ampiew the decrted iles romthe it$ocer encrted driampe (e 6)

Thatlts it

hawn

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itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute BitLockerRecover9e or the actual 8 diit recover ke or the encrteddriampe lie elow

Saved to USB or ile

Saved to icrosot acco)nt

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63 To Use te Start)p 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would only be for an drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a

SB flash drive

A) ince ou will not e ale to oot rom the 5 driampe ou will need to irst connect it toanother Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows Server 202 or Windows

8 P

) 5en an elevated coand propt in the other P

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

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repair-bde + -rk Start)p9e3B+9 -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde Z E -rk I AFA58D77-94CD-4300-8009-68B36AE53276BEK -F

Note6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute or the + driampe letter that the start)p ke has een saamped or coied to

ustitute Start)p9e or the actual ile name o the startu e or the encrted driampelie elow The ile (startu e) will e a idden protected S ile

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3 hen inall successull inished ollow an iampen lt=T1 R+gtUR+Dlt irst 6or

eamle to run ckdsk on the outut ampolume eore oenin (see screenshots elow ste

2 and aoampe)

1T+ The BitLocker epair Tool may take a long time to finish but you will still be able touse your $ during the recovery process ampust do not turn off the $ until it has finished

3 ou will now e ale to oen the outut ampolume (e ) to ampiew the decrted iles romthe it$ocer encrted driampe (e 6)

Thatlts it

hawn

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63 To Use te Start)p 9e in Windows 7 and 81T+ This would only be for an drive that you have configured to be unlocked by a

SB flash drive

A) ince ou will not e ale to oot rom the 5 driampe ou will need to irst connect it toanother Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows Server 202 or Windows

8 P

) 5en an elevated coand propt in the other P

) 3n the eleampated command romt te the command elow ress nter and o to step elow (see screenshot elow)

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repair-bde + -rk Start)p9e3B+9 -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde Z E -rk I AFA58D77-94CD-4300-8009-68B36AE53276BEK -F

Note6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute or the + driampe letter that the start)p ke has een saamped or coied to

ustitute Start)p9e or the actual ile name o the startu e or the encrted driampelie elow The ile (startu e) will e a idden protected S ile

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3 hen inall successull inished ollow an iampen lt=T1 R+gtUR+Dlt irst 6or

eamle to run ckdsk on the outut ampolume eore oenin (see screenshots elow ste

2 and aoampe)

1T+ The BitLocker epair Tool may take a long time to finish but you will still be able touse your $ during the recovery process ampust do not turn off the $ until it has finished

3 ou will now e ale to oen the outut ampolume (e ) to ampiew the decrted iles romthe it$ocer encrted driampe (e 6)

Thatlts it

hawn

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repair-bde + -rk Start)p9e3B+9 -

6or eamle

ode

repair-bde Z E -rk I AFA58D77-94CD-4300-8009-68B36AE53276BEK -F

Note6or onl items in red in the command aoampe

ustitute or the driampe letter o the itlocer encrted driampe

ustitute + or the driampe letter o the outut ampolume ou want to haampe the contents o the

itlocer encrted driampe decrted and coied to

ustitute or the + driampe letter that the start)p ke has een saamped or coied to

ustitute Start)p9e or the actual ile name o the startu e or the encrted driampelie elow The ile (startu e) will e a idden protected S ile

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3 hen inall successull inished ollow an iampen lt=T1 R+gtUR+Dlt irst 6or

eamle to run ckdsk on the outut ampolume eore oenin (see screenshots elow ste

2 and aoampe)

1T+ The BitLocker epair Tool may take a long time to finish but you will still be able touse your $ during the recovery process ampust do not turn off the $ until it has finished

3 ou will now e ale to oen the outut ampolume (e ) to ampiew the decrted iles romthe it$ocer encrted driampe (e 6)

Thatlts it

hawn

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3 hen inall successull inished ollow an iampen lt=T1 R+gtUR+Dlt irst 6or

eamle to run ckdsk on the outut ampolume eore oenin (see screenshots elow ste

2 and aoampe)

1T+ The BitLocker epair Tool may take a long time to finish but you will still be able touse your $ during the recovery process ampust do not turn off the $ until it has finished

3 ou will now e ale to oen the outut ampolume (e ) to ampiew the decrted iles romthe it$ocer encrted driampe (e 6)

Thatlts it

hawn