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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
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