Issues Resulting in Bitlocker Recovery Mode and Their Resolution

re: Issues Resulting in Bitlocker Recovery Mode and Their Resolution

Luke — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:54:40 GMT

Thanks for the post, solved my problem with the first scenario.

re: Issues Resulting in Bitlocker Recovery Mode and Their Resolution

Joseph Volltrauer — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:08:30 GMT

We have been deploying bitlocker for well over a year. We do set HDD first in the bios under all boot orders but on our m91's a USB drive left in the USB port still throws a bitlocker code request, even after removing it from the boot order in the bios. Anyone run into this?

re: Issues Resulting in Bitlocker Recovery Mode and Their Resolution

Sandeep — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:23:54 GMT

I have encrypted my D: which size is 130 GB. After installation 3days it was working properly but now it is not booting and while the booting process it is asking for Bit locker recovery file. so pls help me.

My id is sandybamane13@gmail.com

re: Issues Resulting in Bitlocker Recovery Mode and Their Resolution

ZFerrini1 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:10:07 GMT

Also the article shows Microsoft is very short sighted when it came to Bitlocker and how recovery mode is triggered. Some companies need to leave the PXE boot enabled as not all users can be walked through the BIOS. We dont have the budget to purchase say VPro from Intel to manage the BIOS and our machines are spread through 200+ remote sites. If the machine needs to be reimaged we also cannot afford the shipping costs to send the machine back to a config lab for reimaging. Instead we reinstall on site and leave the PXE boot enabled for just such a reason. Here is where PCR10 does not make sense, PXE boot was enabled before bitlocker was enabled. If you hibernate the machine then it sends Bitlocker into recovery mode but with PCR 10 disabled everything runs fine. Very short sighted Microsoft!!!!!

re: Issues Resulting in Bitlocker Recovery Mode and Their Resolution

Ron — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:17:15 GMT

Hi, very good post. But these scenarios do not cover everything. What would you do in a case where bitlocker encrypts an external hard drive and stores the password on local system. And after doing that, it is unable to decrypt the external drive even when provided with right password or key? If you need more details, you can see my post here....I have had a disaster with it...and havent recovered :(

Win 7 is a breeze of fresh air ... but having these problems is like having the golden (or blue ) days back!!

windows.bigresource.com/Track-vista-CNYFiaMx

re: Issues Resulting in Bitlocker Recovery Mode and Their Resolution

Noah Swanson — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:49:30 GMT

VERY helpful information. I would have thought Microsoft would post something similar to this. Thanks again for your work!