Once you have done this, you will have changed the default folder location for saving the BitLocker
Recovery Key in Windows 8 / 7.
If you ever have a problem accessing your encrypted computer, you can get
recovery keys from Microsoft.
If you don't have any keys stored on Microsoft's servers, you'll see a «You don't have any
BitLocker recovery keys in your Microsoft account» message.
It's unusual that Microsoft is silently
uploading recovery keys to its own servers, but it isn't actually worse than the previous status quo.
You can instead have Windows generate a
new recovery key that will never be uploaded to Microsoft's servers.
If you do have FileVault enabled, you can try resetting your password using your Apple ID or your
FileVault recovery key.
You'll want to create recovery media (for Windows 7) or a
USB recovery key (for Windows 8) before getting started.
Secured financial information contained on systems and
escrow recovery keys for help desk retrieval and system auditing
For some systems, which are part of domain, this default location for saving
BitLocker Recovery Key, is a top level folder and easily viewable.
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Recovery Key.»
You can allow your iCloud account to unlock your disk if you wish, although it is more secure to use
a recovery key and store in a safe place.
That's why the «
recovery key» for BitLocker is quite a bit longer — you need that longer recovery key to access your data if you move the drive to another computer.
If you've set up FileVault encryption and you can't gain access to your account — for example, if you chose to store
the recovery key locally and misplaced it — you'll no longer have access to any files on your Mac.
You hopefully have backup copies of these files elsewhere, as the originals are encrypted and without your password or
recovery key, you simply can not access them.
Assuming you have
this recovery key, you can type the recovery key into the password field on the login screen.
Instead, you can enter
your Recovery Key directly into the password prompt of the login screen.
Continue through the BitLocker setup process to enable BitLocker drive encryption, save
a recovery key, and encrypt your drive.
When your PC is connected using a Microsoft account, you're not only able to store files in the cloud, but you can sync and roam Windows settings across all your devices, and store BitLocker
recovery keys and other data.
Your recovery key is then uploaded to Microsoft's servers.
BitLocker offers to back up
your recovery key to your Microsoft account, but this part isn't mandatory.
It's one of many different ways to create a backup of
your recovery key — unlike with the default device encryption.
When you sign in with a Microsoft account, the encryption is activated and
a recovery key is uploaded to Microsoft's servers.
(If you sign in on a domain,
the recovery key is uploaded to Active Directory Domain Services, so your business or school has it instead of Microsoft.)
However, if law enforcement were to send a warrant (or a secret national security letter) to Microsoft, Microsoft would be forced to give the government
your recovery key.
You'll see your seed phrase —
the recovery key that can recreate your entire account if you ever lose access.
There's no way to enable device encryption without uploading
a recovery key somewhere — not even a hidden power user option.
Average Windows users who forget their password will be able to get
a recovery key from their Microsoft account by going through a password reset process.
Your recovery key would then be uploaded to your organization's domain servers.
This is exactly what the FBI wants from Apple and Google — they want them to hold
a recovery key they can disclose.
Avoid selecting an unlock method that requires a TPM — such as «Automatically unlock this drive on this computer» — or you won't be able to access the encrypted VHD file on another computer unless you provide
your recovery key.
Go through the usual BitLocker setup process, setting a strong password to unlock the drive and creating a backup of
your recovery key in case you'll ever need it.
Moving on, in the Edit String box so appeared, put your desired custom location where you'd like to save
your recovery key by default as Value data.
Many of you might want to change this in - built setting, because not every user will prefer to save
their recovery key on the Desktop, since there are chances that other users may use this Recovery Key to decrypt the drives and obtain the data inside it.
You may now close the Group Policy Editor and try saving
a recovery key for BitLocker at your customized location.
If you have to work with the BitLocker feature frequently, then for the security purpose you must opt for a different default
Recovery Key saving location, which others will not be able to guess.
BitLocker will ask if you want to store
your recovery key with Microsoft for safekeeping, but that's optional.
If you have used BitLocker Drive Encryption feature on your Windows system, you might have noticed that when you save the BitLocker
Recovery Key, it is the Desktop that is the default location.
To decrypt the data, a recovery password or
recovery key is required.
Microsoft does hold
the recovery key and would be capable of providing it to law enforcement if it was requested, which is certainly a legitimate concern in the age of PRISM.
Following the tutorial, I kept
the recovery key as an important consideration.
We are also assuming that we have
the recovery key file located at F: \ RecoveryKey.bek and recovery package location at F: \ ExportedKeyPackage.
Where files on typical PCs were once ripe for easy access by thieves, Windows PCs are now encrypted by default and
recovery keys are sent to Microsoft's servers for safe keeping.
So if your BitLocker Password is forgotten or
the Recovery Key lost, you can use BitLocker Repair Tool to access & recover data & files from inaccessible BitLocker drive which has been encrypted using BitLocker in Windows 10 / 8/7
Microsoft holds
a recovery key, so you can gain access to your files by going through a recovery process.
Then you must either enter a random passcode from the new device into one that you've already set up, or take
the recovery key from a device you've already set up and input that key into the new device.