That said, all the positives can quickly turn against you if you happen to lose the BitLocker key, or if something of the sort goes wrong. But fret not, for here are some ways order can be enforced in the chaos in the face of the usual Failed to unlock with this recovery key error message, the one most common message to have with BitLocker related issues. And it is easy too.
Here is how you can deal with the Failed to unlock with this recovery key error
The next step for you to do will be to copy the recovery passwords for the computer: So there you have it, the all-important recovery key to unlock your PC.
Access the computer as an administrator
However, just in case the above does not help sort your issue, like when the key fails to unlock the PC, here is another way to crack the situation. You need to have access to the computer as an administrator to perform the following. Here are the steps:
If you have lost the admin privileges
Things get really messy once you have lost the admin access to the PC. That said, there is still a way out. This would require access to another instance of Windows though. Here ‘C’ refers to the system drive letter. However, in the unfortunate scenario of the above steps not working as well, you will be left with no option but to reset your PC or do a backup.
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