This tutorial will teach you how to recover data from a BitLocker encrypted USB drive, mainly including the following aspects:
USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, is a plug-and-play interface between a computer and add-on devices, such as external hard drive, USB flash drive, digital cameras, scanners, printers and so on. USB supports hot-swapping, so we can add a new device to a computer or remove a device from a computer without having to turn the computer off. Because of this, USB is becoming more and more popular. For individual users, we often use external USB hard drive or USB flash drive to store and transfer files.
The USB drives are portable storage devices that we typically use to store and transfer files, and in order to keep the data secure, we may choose to encrypt the USB drive using full disk encryption software, and we typically use BitLocker to encrypt USB drives in Windows operating system. BitLocker is a full disk encryption software developed by Microsoft for Windows users, it uses AES-CBC and XTS-AES encryption algorithms to encrypt all sectors on a drive, no one can get the data before the sector encryption without the correct decryption password, so it can effectively prevent unauthorized access to the files on the drive. As Windows built-in disk encryption feature, the biggest advantage of using BitLocker to encrypt a USB drive is that you can directly access the BitLocker encrypted drive in the Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista without having to install the decryption program.
If one day we lose some files on the encrypted USB drive or can't access the BitLocker encrypted USB drive any more even if we have entered the correct password, how can we recover data from BitLocker encrypted USB drive? The answer is to try professional BitLocker Data Recovery Software such as Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery.
1. Select the USB drive where you lost your files in Windows 7, then click the "Scan" button to locate all BitLocker-encrypted partitions on the device.
2. A pop-up window will appear asking you to enter the BitLocker password or 48-digit BitLocker recovery key. If you don't want to enter the password or BitLocker recovery key here, just click the "Skip" button to skip it.
3. Hasleo Data Recovery will list all found BitLocker encrypted partitions on the USB drive. If you have entered the password or BitLocker recovery key in the previous step, the password status will show whether the password or BitLocker recovery key matches this partition.
4. Double-click the partition you want to recover data from. If you've already entered the password or BitLocker recovery key and the password or recovery key matches, Hasleo Data Recovery will start scanning lost files. Otherwise, a prompt will appear asking for your BitLocker password or 48-digit recovery key. After entering the correct credentials and clicking "OK", the scan will start.
When the scanning process gets finished, you can filter and preview found files by path and file types. When you locate the files you want, just select them and click on "Recover" button to save them to your hard drive or other storage device. If some files are not found, please click "Deep Scan" button to start the Deep Scan Recovery process, deep scan takes more time, but can find much more lost files.
A: Yes, Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery can recover data from both USB flash drives and external hard drives that are encrypted with BitLocker. You need the password or recovery key to access the encrypted data.
A: The USB drive may have file system corruption, hardware damage, or the password may have been changed. Try using the recovery key, or use professional BitLocker data recovery software to recover the data.
A: BitLocker uses AES-CBC or XTS-AES encryption algorithms to encrypt all sectors on the USB drive, providing strong data protection. Without the correct password or recovery key, the data cannot be accessed.
A: No, one of the biggest advantages of BitLocker is that you can directly access the encrypted USB drive in Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista without installing any additional decryption programs.
A: Yes, Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery can recover deleted or lost files from BitLocker-encrypted USB drives. You need the password or recovery key to access the drive after recovery.
A: If you lost your BitLocker password, you can use the 48-digit recovery key that was saved when you enabled BitLocker. The key can be found in your Microsoft account, printed paper, or USB drive where you saved it.
A: Yes, Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery can recover data from formatted BitLocker-encrypted USB drives. You still need the password or recovery key to access and decrypt the data.
A: Yes, Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery supports Windows 7, 8, 10, 11, and Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 for recovering data from BitLocker-encrypted USB drives.
Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery is a professional BitLocker Data Recovery Software that can recover data from BitLocker-encrypted USB drives, including both external hard drives and USB flash drives.
