forgot bitlocker password

[saif174]

is there any help plz...I just changed my bitlocker password of my hard drive 2 month before after that I did not used the computer for 2 months.so I forgot what I made the chening. my recovery key is also saved in the same drive.i also remember previous 3 passwords.plz help me to recover my password. I will so thankful to you.

 

[USAFRet]

Sorry. CAn't help you on that one. WE have no way of knowing if it is actually your machine.

 

[Hawkeye22]

Bitlocker would be pretty ineffective if you could just guess passwords. There is a reason why bitlocker warns you not to lose your key. Storing your key on the encrypted drive wasn't to bright an idea either. you should have put it on a USB key or something. Bitlocker and encryption in general is designed to be hard to decrypt, otherwise anyone could get their hands on your data.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

You need either the PIN or the recovery key. Without one or the other the data on the drive is permanently inaccessible. As stated above, storing the recovery key on the encrypted drive is a very stupid thing to do, as it's now out of reach. A hard lesson has been learned here today.

 

[Guanhao]

[Status: Currently testing!!! I ;putted a encryption, but it's not bitlocker, that one not working with this solution and made it to restore files.]
i might know a solution for this.

But i got a question though, does this Bitlocker also registered in reg? If yes, then we might be able to revered it as long there was no changes in your regedit passwords stuff. such as Syskey password that supposed to be the most powerfull password on your computer that locks your whole computer until password is filled to resume boot.

So the requirement for this thing is an access CD to your windows.
In such case, i would call it Hirens boot CD (more like illegal cd . WARNING though: if you do wrong stuff on it, it might crash your computer).
By using hirens MINI WINDOWS XP you can open your C:\ drive.
If i can recall, it was stored in this pad: C:\Windows\System32\config
There you see SAM; SECURITY; SOFTWARE; SYSTEM and DEFAULT files. Make a copy of it and place it on somewhere, like another location or your USB storage. After that, you see a folder called REGBACK . Open it and copy all those files in it and place it in C:\Windows\System32\config . Replace all. Afterward restart your computer and try if it works, if not, put them back by using hirens again the one you made a back-up.



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those back-up files can be changed when you have done some installation. But as you stated, you cannot access the HDD. That means that programs installation also cannot be written on your HDD. So there shouldn't be any changes i hope. Look at the date in RegBack folder and post and let us know how it is.

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If you don't understand and need assistance, make sure you are connected internet with a cable. And that MUST be before you start the CD hirens boot mini windows XP. If you put it in later, restart your computer and start mini windows xp again. After that, you see a file called "HBCD menu". Double click it then click on "Programs" in the left top corner and select "remote control" > "Teamviewer"> "Teamviewer 6" . Then ask someone who you can trust here to assist you and give them permission to access your computer while you see what they doing and let them solve it for you. You must Send a PM to the person who can help you and give them the ID you see when you start Team Viewer 6 and the Password which is also on it. No problem with password. The PASSWORD on TeamViewer changes everty time you open teamviewer. If you think the person who accessed you computer isn't doing what he must do, you can either pull electricity cable of your computer out or take that network cable out of your computer.

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I'm testing it now on my Virtual box.

 

[Guanhao]

I tried many times to get bitlocker working, but as my mobo it doesn't support the TPM thing... i cannot test it any further with the VM client Win 7 Enterprise. Win 7 Home or Pro does not have bitlocker at all. i am not going to use cracked version to test for you, soz.