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I need to recover files from a computer that I deleted files from and then emptied the recycle bin on [duplicate]
Work sent me a new windows laptop. I thought I moved all of the files that I needed, but I now need to recover some more.
When I thought I had gotten them all I deleted the files from the old laptop. ...
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Does encrypting full drive with BitLocker secure-wipe the drive?
Say I have a storage device that I want to use with my Windows 10 machine. I have some sensitive data on the drive and I would like to wipe the drive before using it. Normally I just use dd to fill ...
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Able to unlock BitLocker drive, but unable to obtain the 48-digit recovery key
I'm trying to obtain the 48-digit BitLocker recovery key from a failed drive. Here's what happened:
Windows 10 Professional was installed on a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB drive. The login was a local user ...
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Bitlocker suddenly activated on my machine, prompting for recovery key that I don't have
I've run into a very strange problem with my Lenovo laptop (Windows 10 Home) and although people say it's not possible, it still happened.
I have been using my laptop for over two years and have not ...
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How can I recover data from a bitlocker encrypted volume (with the decryption key)?
I have a backup drive that is used mostly for that purpose: to backup data from my computer. I did move data onto it temporarily at some point, but I believe and I hope I've moved it back off in the ...
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BitLocker I know my Password but not the recovery key
Yesterday I turned of my long life running Windows machine that uses Bitlocker for years. In the shutdown sequence, Windows installed updates.
Today I started my machine, and as usual, I enter the ...
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How to fix possible corrupted files from decrypted drive?
I recently gave in my external HDD to Seagate for data recovery and they sent me back a drive with the contents encrypted (Bitlocker). I decrypted the contents but it seems like all the files are ...
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Windows 10 Upgrade Failed, Disk is now write protected, Cannot wipe system and install a new Windows or login normally
Surface Laptop 2 with BitLocker, cannot login normally
Device : Surface Laptop 2
OS : Windows 10 20H2 ( attempted upgrade
to 21H1)
Upgrade Fail cause: Battery died before updating fully
Possible ...
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Is there any way to get the BitLocker password from the laptop?
I have a personal hard disk of 1TB with lot of data.
I connected it to my office laptop and the drive got bitlocked automatically within a second.
I talk to the office administrators and we ran the ...
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How can I recover files from Bitlocker encytped HyperV virtual disk?
I have a virtual disk that I created with HyperV. I encrypted this disk with Bitlocker and put my files in it. I deleted all these files by doing Shift+Delete with a momentary anger and turned off the ...
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Used an external HDD for a Windows install on a laptop, now all data gone/unallocated; best software/method to recover it?
Recently I have used my 5TB external HDD to re-install Windows on a laptop I am selling. I created a separate partition to boot the windows installation on the laptop, well I screwed up by ignoring ...
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Is it possible to EDIT/REMOVE the first sectors of a SDD/HDD?
Read This for the full story:
BitLocker Recovery Key Isn't working ( Corrupted Maybe ? )
the drive isn't encrypted yet
I mentioned that in my older post, and it appears to be correct the drive isn't ...
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Recovering disk encryption key from TPM
I have reset my pc to factory settings but not reset TPM.
Because of this I lost access to an hdd encrypted by bitlocker on which I have important files.
Could someone suggest me a way to recover the ...
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SSD Sanitization Order
My question is regarding SSD sanitization.
As far as I understand, the generally accepted procedure for making SSD data unrecoverable is this:
Full disk encryption
Standard Format
Second full disk ...
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BitLocker Drive Encryption Recovery Error: Error Recovering Disk
I have this external HD which holds Photos of my whole life, Video Tutorials and Ebooks. It has two partitions (H: and I:) and both partitions were Bit Locker Encrypted. I have recently moved to Mac (...
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