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OK, I tried that, now I can see .bek, .txt files, and a volume information folder, but the offline scan still did not work. I used this website as a guide: https://www.m3datarecovery.com/wiki/manage-bitlocker-command-line.html and used this command, step 5, to manually copy the necessary files...

They all end in .txt but, I have not checked for hidden files. I'll try that in a few days. Thanks

I did that. Saved it to the USB, saved it to my Microsoft account and printed it. All 3 locations have the same key. The USB saved file is text, readable with notepad, the same as the printed copy and Microsoft account. Is the USB file supposed to be a different format?

Its a human readable key. The usb key is text. The same as if I print it out. If its supposed to be a non text file version, then how would you obtain that?

Hello, I used the BitLocker manager and saved my bitlocker keys to a usb drive and printed them out. Attempted to do a windows defender offline scan. It asked to plug in the usb drive but could not find the bitlocker code. I get a message saying " there is not a valid recovery key on this...

Thanks, I didn't know there was an auto unlock option. Will try that. The reason I ask is because I was using a Linux live USB and could see and open all my unprotected files. This brings up another question with bitlocked drives. I'm using Macirum backup. If I do a USB restore procedure...

Hello, My desktop pc has 3 hard drives. If I enable bitlocker on all 3 drives, do I have to input 3 passwords to enable all 3 drives during boot?