This tutorial will teach you how to recover lost files from a damaged or corrupted BitLocker encrypted partition, mainly including the following aspects:
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There are many reasons for a BitLocker encrypted partition corruption: virus attack, improper shutdown of the computer, pulling out USB drive without safe removal, etc. When a BitLocker encrypted partition is damaged or corrupted, we will not be able to access the partition in Windows even if we have the correct access password. Even more depressing is that we will not be able to run chkdsk.exe to repair the partition because all data on the partition is encrypted with BitLocker, which causes Windows to not recognize the file system on that partition properly.
When a BitLocker encrypted drive gets corrupted, we will not be able to access the data stored in the drive, which is a huge disaster for us especially the important data stored in the partition. At this point we may try our best to recover files from the corrupted partition. However, all the data on the partition has been encrypted with BitLocker, normal data recovery software cannot recover data from the corrupted BitLocker encrypted partitions.
Are we still able to recover files from a damaged or corrupted BitLocker encrypted partition? The answer is yes, what we need is a professional BitLocker data recovery software. Here we will show you how to use professional BitLocker data Recovery software - Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery to recover files from a damaged or corrupted BitLocker encrypted partition.
1. Please select the damaged or corrupted BitLocker encrypted device, then click "Scan" button to find 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 damaged or corrupted device. 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 BitLocker encrypted partition you want to recovery data from. If you have previously entered the password or BitLocker recovery key and the the password or recovery key matches, Hasleo Data Recovery will start scanning lost files. Otherwise, a pop-up window will appear asking you to enter the password or BitLocker recovery key. Enter the password or recovery key and then click "OK" button, Hasleo Data Recovery will start scanning lost files if the password or recovery key matches.
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.
To sum up, when a BitLocker encrypted partition is damaged or corrupted, we are still able to recover data from the partition by using professional BitLocker data recovery software. Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery is such a software, it's capable of recovering files from a damaged or corrupted BitLocker encrypted partition with just a few simple steps.
Please note that you can not only recover files from a damaged or corrupted BitLocker encrypted partition, but also recover deleted or lost files from a BitLocker encrypted drive or recover files from a deleted or lost BitLocker encrypted drive with the help of Hasleo BitLocker Data Recovery.
