BitLocker encrypted USB drive not accessible/working/recognized

Posted by Tim to BitLocker Recovery on October 18th, 2017

Yesterday I encrypted USB stick with BitLocker. Today, BitLocker encrypted USB drive is not accessible. When I open it prompts "You need to format the disk in drive F: Before you can use it", how should I access the important data stored in it?

BitLocker encrypted USB drive is not accessible, formatted

In this situation, generally speaking, the file system is corrupted so that BitLocker encrypted USB drive/stick/key is not recognized by Windows OS and BitLocker encrypted USB drive/stick/key is not working any more, so the only way to solve it is data recovery, following is the solution about how to recover lost data after BitLocker encrypted USB drive/key/stick not accessible, working, recognized.

If BitLocker encrypted USB drive/stick is not recognized by device manager, disk management or BIOS, please send it to a local data recovery service for help.

BitLocker encrypted USB drive data recovery software

iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery is a professional BitLocker encrypted drive data recovery software which can recover lost data from inaccessible BitLocker encrypted drive, recover lost data from formatted BitLocker encrypted drive, recover lost data from deleted or lost BitLocker partition, recover lost data from failing BitLocker encrypted drive, recover lost data from RAW BitLocker encrypted drive, recover lost data after BitLocker encryption/decryption failed, etc. in Windows 10/8/7/Vista/7.

Recover lost data after BitLocker encrypted USB drive not accessible, working, recognized

Step 1. Download, install and launch iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery on your computer.

Step 2. Select the inaccessible, corrupted, failed BitLocker encrypted USB drive and then click Next.

BitLocker data recovery software

Step 3. Enter the password or 48-digit BitLocker recovery key and click OK.

Enter the password to decrypt data

Step 4. iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery is scanning the data from inaccessible, corrupted, failed BitLocker encrypted USB drive.

Scan data from inaccessible BitLocker encrypted USB drive

Step 5. After the data is found from inaccessible, corrupted, failed BitLocker encrypted USB drive, please select them and click "Recover" to start BitLocker encrypted USB drive data recovery.

Recover data from inaccessible BitLocker encrypted USB drive

Step 6. After data recovery from inaccessible, corrupted, failed BitLocker encrypted USB drive is successfully done, please try to format the inaccessible, corrupted, failed BitLocker encrypted USB drive, USB drive will be working again after format completes.