How to Unlock Bitlocker Encrypted Drive from Command Prompt
Method 1 of 2:
Unlocking a Bitlocker Drive with a Password
- Run Command Prompt as an administrator.
- On Windows 10:
- On the bottom-left corner of the screen, type in "cmd" on the search box.
- Right-click on the search result of Command Prompt, and then select 'Run as administrator'.
- On Windows 10/8/7:
- Press 'Win+R' keys to open Run application.
- Type in: cmd, and then press 'Shift+Ctrl+Enter' keys.
- Click on Yes on User Account Control screen, then the Command Prompt will be opened as an administrator.
- On Windows 10:
- On Command Prompt screen, type in the command line and execute it.
- Type in command line: Manage-bde -unlock E: -password
- And then press Enter to execute it.
- Type in password to unlock Bitlocker drive. If the command above executes successfully, you will get the message asking to enter the password to unlock this volume.
- Type your Bitlocker drive encrypted password, and then press Enter.
- The password is invisible on the Command Prompt screen, so make sure the password you type in is correct, or you will need to type in the command again.
- If the password is correct, you will get the message saying 'the password successfully unlocked volume X:', which means the Bitlocker drive was unlocked with the password from Command Prompt.
Method 2 of 2:
Unlocking a Bitlocker Drive with a Recovery Key
- Open Command Prompt as an administrator.
- Press 'Win+R' keys to open Run application.
- Type in: cmd, and then press 'Shift+Ctrl+Enter' keys on keyboard at the same time.
- Click on Yes on User Account Control screen, then the Command Prompt will be opened as an administrator.
- Type in the command line.
- Type in the command line: manage-bde –unlock X: -RecoveryPassword XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX- XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX
- 'X:' is the letter of Bitlocker encrypted drive and the 48 characters of the recovery key. Remember to change the X to your recovery key. For example: manage-bde –unlock L: -RecoveryPassword 007953-464848-680316-372767-326479-044872-075570-707442
- Run the command line to unlock Bitlocker drive.
- Press Enter to execute the command
- If you run the command successfully, you will get the message saying 'The password successfully unlock volume X:'.
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