I have a great problem. I have a 1 TB portable disk. i lock my drive with bit locker. when i lock this drive i save recovery key and i know the password. but the problem is when the Encryption was running after completing 3% Encryption my windows 7 ultimate was failed. Then i install a new copy of windows 7 ultimate. my portable disk is locked now. when i give my password to open my drive it not working and this box says its not responding. i cant access my drive. I have very important information in my portable disk and official important document. i have a great danger in my life. what can i do now..?? is it possible to unlock this drive...?? or recover my all data. please...! help me...?? As i told you, my portable disk was not complete the full Encryption when my windows failed then i install a new copy of windows 7 ultimate. now my disk is not fully Encrypted but also locked by BitLocker. My password and Recovery Key is not working to open this drive... is it still possible to repair this drive and recover my all data. please help me..?? give my your all type of solution..?? Is there any kind of lock disk repair or recovery software..?? or to complete full disk Encryption for my lock drive..??

Hi, According to your description, you may use manage-bcd -status to check the status of encrypted volume. Then try to use -off option to decrypt the volume. Also, please do not stop the Bitlocker process in the future.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

ok.. what is the code.. how to write the code to cheak the status....?? how to use manage-bcd -status ...?? Please help me..??

Hi, You may refer to the following article. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd875513(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_status Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

To unlock the drive from command line, do this: open elevated command prompt. Run manage-bde command >manage-bde -unlock D: -rp xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx where D is the drive letter of the external drive and xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx is the 48 digit recovery password. If this works, then first turn off encryption on your disk first. >manage-bde -off d: where d is the drive letter. If this does not work, then you will have to use repair-bde to extract the data from the disk to a portable disk. Repair-bde is located at c:\windows\system32 folder Open elevated command prompt and run this command.>repair-bde f: g: -rp xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxx -f -lf c:\log.txt where g is the portable disk whereyou want the data and F drive should at least equal to G drive. Where xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx is the 48 digit recovery password. -lf will generate a log file and point to a certain location, here I have pointed to c drive. After repair-bde is completed, run chkdsk /r on G drive, then try to access your data. Repair-bde.exe Parameter Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee706528(WS.10).aspx Scenario 16: Using the BitLocker Repair Tool to Recover a Drive http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee523219(WS.10).aspx Manoj Sehgal

what is -lf c:\log.txt....?? what is a -lf contains....?? how can i get -lf c:\ log.tex...?? i don't know how to get -lf log.tex...! please help me....??

-lf is the log file location where we will keep the log file, in our command it is c:\log.txt Manoj Sehgal

oh yes, is this file create automatically when i use the code to repair the disk....?? Is it possible to repair the disk with out an external hard drive because it's very hard to find a new 1 tb portable disk...?? if yes then what is the code i'll write to the command prompt optinon to repair the disk.....??

Yes it is possible to direct the output to a .img file to an alternated location. it is not recommended to use -nov switch. Read this: Repair-bde.exe Parameter Reference http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee706528(WS.10).aspxManoj Sehgal

thanks for the ans but when i use: repair-bde I: -nov -rp xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxx -f -lf D:\log.txt it shows that, error: An error occurred while repairing ,I:,. Please see the log for details, or type an output volum or image to decrypt contents. my d: was empty when i try this code....?? is d: drive need any data to complete the repair..?? d: drive is a another hard disk drive on my pc.... is it neccessary to use -lf D: as a pen drive...??

Hi, I would like to advise that The Repair-bde command-line tool cannot repair a drive that failed during the encryption or decryption process. If the status of this drive is locked, I suggest you to contact the Data Recovery Company for assistance. In addition, you may refer to the similar thread below. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/da-DK/w7itprohardware/thread/7b6e072f-b8d3-4341-affc-783fb919c1e6Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, I am not familar with Data Recovery. About this, you'd better contact the Data Recovery Company. please do not stop the Bitlocker process in the future.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

how to direct the output to a .img file to an alternated location...??

Hi, I would like to advise that The Repair-bde command-line tool cannot repair a drive that failed during the encryption or decryption process. If the status of this drive is locked, I suggest you to contact the Data Recovery Company for assistance. In addition, you may refer to the similar thread below. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/da-DK/w7itprohardware/thread/7b6e072f-b8d3-4341-affc-783fb919c1e6Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

how to contact with a Data Recovery Corporation to consult this matter....?? where is the corporation located....?? i am from bangladesh....??

Hi, I am not familar with Data Recovery. About this, you'd better contact the Data Recovery Company. please do not stop the Bitlocker process in the future.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

hi saif, i have got the same problem in my fixed drive(D), have you got any solution? plz inform me.......