Create a Bitlocker management and recovery system hosted on Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate, or Windows 8 Enterprise.
Without pre-determination, recovery can be a daunting or even impossible task. The summary: If you did not prepare to recover a Bitlocker drive, afterthought will not help you.įirst focus: create an environment designed to manage Bitlocker and Bitlocker-to-Go™ encrypted drives.
WINDOWS 7 ENTERPRISE BITLOCKER DOWNLOAD HOW TO
Microsoft provides guidance for BitLocker Drive Encryption Technical Overview and BitLocker recovery keys: Frequently asked questions, that you should read before encrypting a drive using Bitlocker.īrien Posey provides a simple but comprehensive overview for lost Bitlocker PINS and Keys How to recover from lost BitLocker PINs and startup keys as well.
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Formally labeled the Password this is only used for recovery purposes, not access control. The Bitlocker (Recovery) Password is always numeric value (default 48 digits), stored with the Key, and numeric like a PIN. The Bitlocker PIN may be text or a phrase, is used as a layer of access control and as such is often referred to as a ‘password’. Note that throughout the documentation from Microsoft, within my videos, and other documentation, the terms PIN and Password are often used interchangeably. If you lose this Recovery Password, and your PIN or Bitlocker Key, then the drive is unrecoverable. You cannot reset or recreate this key unless you are managing a Bitlocker drive to which you already have access. As such, you only want to use this option as a last resort for recovery. This password is input using the (F0-F9) function keys rather than numeric keys or keypad. You are asked to print, display, or save the password to external media when you Bitlocker a drive. This is the visible component of the value stored or printed when you recreate the Bitlocker Key on a drive to which you already have access. The Bitlocker Password is a 48 digit number generated at the time of Bitlocker drive encryption that may later be used to recreate the Bitlocker Key. (This is the password that I reset in my Managing Bitlocker video.) The PIN may be required for recovery if you have enabled the Bitlocker PIN as a layer of access security. The PIN is an additional layer of security, and does NOT recover the key if the key is lost or corrupted. This option is used when the key is stored in the TPM chipset on the system, suggesting that anyone may gain access to the drive while it is still installed within the system if they can access a user account on the system. The Bitlocker PIN is a value/number you may create (optional) when you Bitlocker encrypt a drive so that you may block access to the system. The Bitlocker key is the actual encryption key used to encrypt and decrypt the drive.
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