How to recover lost data after BitLocker encryption failed in Windows 10/8/7?

Posted by Tim to BitLocker Recovery on March 27th, 2014

I am using Windows 10 and I try to encrypt 640 external hard drive with BitLocker. There was a power failure when the process was 50% completed. When I try to access to BitLocker encrypted hard drive, itt says: BitLocker drive encryption failed. Please help me. Is there any way to access data from failed BitLocker encrypted hard drive? Thank you.

The answer is YES.

BitLocker data recovery

Unlike common data recovery, BitLocker data recovery requires intact BitLocker metadata and password or 48-digit BitLocker recovery key to decrypt data from BitLocker encrypted drive so that lost data can be recovered properly, so we must find a professional BitLocker data recovery software to recover lost data from failed BitLocker encrypted hard drive.

iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery is a professional BitLocker data recovery software which can recover lost data from inaccessible, corrupted, damaged, failed, lost or deleted BitLocker encrypted partition, hard drive, external hard drive, USB flash drive, USB stick, memory stick, SD card in Windows 10/8/7/XP.

Tutorial to recover lost data after BitLocker drive encryption failed in Windows 10/8/7

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

Step 2: Select the failed BitLocker encrypted drive and then click Next to continue.

BitLocker data recovery software

Step 2: Enter the password or 48-digit BitLocker recovery key and click Ok.

Enter the password or BitLocker recovery key to scan lost data from failed BitLocker encrypted drive

Step 3: Scan the lost data from the failed BitLocker encrypted drive.

Recover lost data from failed BitLocker encrypted drive

Step 4: After your files are found, please select them and click "Recover" to start data recovery from a failed BitLocker encrypted drive.

If the recovered files cannot open, please check "Revert decryption" option under Help menu and try again.

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