BitLocker recovery key saved my PC after an update locked me out. Here’s how I used the recovery key from my Microsoft account to unlock encrypted drives.

If you have the BitLocker recovery key, you can unlock the BitLocker encrypted hard drive partition through the Control Panel. However, if your Windows OS is corrupted and you cannot boot into ...

By suspending BitLocker encryption, you can temporarily unlock the drive at startup, so the firmware update can be applied successfully. To suspend BitLocker, follow these steps: Open Control Pane l.