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Dear All,
I have searched the net and asked Bard but it seems they are not able to understand my query. I hope you, the humans and experts will have better understanding.
It seems protection is strong and this post is more of learning, there's no pressing issue but I tried something to check if that can work, as such!
My company windows 10 laptop that runs Win 10 enterprise OS has bitlocker encryption enabled on all drives. When laptop boots I have to enter the bitlocker password (This is provided by IT admin and I of course know it) to decrypt the system and then I get the usual windows login prompt.
What I did is boot externally thru Windows PE based rescue disk like Hiren Boot DVD or Gandalf’s Win 10 rescue disk and tried to unlock the bitlocker drive. But now it only asks for Recovery Key. The password option is not available at all.
I also tried manage-bde -unlock c: -pw but after I enter the password, it does not unlock the drive.
So it seems somewhere only recovery key option is set may be in GP?
But when booted from within, it correctly asks for password.
Does anyone have any idea why?
Bard says
BR
ki_2004
I have searched the net and asked Bard but it seems they are not able to understand my query. I hope you, the humans and experts will have better understanding.
It seems protection is strong and this post is more of learning, there's no pressing issue but I tried something to check if that can work, as such!
My company windows 10 laptop that runs Win 10 enterprise OS has bitlocker encryption enabled on all drives. When laptop boots I have to enter the bitlocker password (This is provided by IT admin and I of course know it) to decrypt the system and then I get the usual windows login prompt.
What I did is boot externally thru Windows PE based rescue disk like Hiren Boot DVD or Gandalf’s Win 10 rescue disk and tried to unlock the bitlocker drive. But now it only asks for Recovery Key. The password option is not available at all.
I also tried manage-bde -unlock c: -pw but after I enter the password, it does not unlock the drive.
So it seems somewhere only recovery key option is set may be in GP?
But when booted from within, it correctly asks for password.
Does anyone have any idea why?
Bard says
- TPM Reliance: BitLocker typically relies on the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip, a hardware component that securely stores encryption keys, for unlocking drives with a password. However, WinPE often doesn't have access to the TPM, necessitating alternative unlocking methods.
BR
ki_2004