Can Windows 10 Home read BitLocker encrypted drive?
The answer is YES.
How to read BitLocker encrypted drive in your Windows 10 Home
There are four solutions to unlock your BitLocker encrypted drive in Windows 10 Home:
Solution 1: Unlock BitLocker encrypted drive with File Explorer
Although Windows 10 Home doesn't have built-in BitLocker Drive Encryption feature, but it still can unlock your BitLocker encrypted drive without any problem.
Tutorial to unlock BitLocker encrypted drive in File Explorer:
Step 1: Open My Computer (or This PC) on the desktop.
Step 2: Double-click on BitLocker encrypted drive in Windows explorer.
Step 3: Enter the password on the unlock window.
Step 4: Click Unlock to unlock your BitLocker encrypted drive.
Solution 2: Unlock BitLocker encrypted drive with M3 BitLocker Loader for Windows
M3 BitLocker Loader for Windows is a BitLocker solution for Windows 10/8/7 home users to turn on BitLocker drive encryption, read, write, unlock BitLocker encrypted drive.
Tutorial to unlock BitLocker encrypted drive with M3 BitLocker Loader for Windows:
Step 1: Download, install and launch M3 BitLocker Loader for Windows on your computer.
Step 2: Click on "Unlock drive" located at the right side of your BitLocker encrypted drive.
Step 3: Enter the password to unlock your BitLocker encrypted drive.
Solution 3: Unlock BitLocker encrypted drive with Command Line
Manage-bde is a command-line tool which can unlock BitLocker encrypted drive in your Windows 10 Home.
Tutorial to unlock BitLocker encrypted drive from Command Line in Windows 10 Home:
Step 1: Type cmd in search bar of Windows Taskbar.
Step 2: Right click cmd.exe from the search results and then choose "Run as administrator" from the menu to allow Administrator privilege.
Step 3: Type the command: manage-bde -unlock X: -password and then press Enter.
X is the drive letter of your BitLocker encrypted drive.
Step 4: Enter the password and then press Enter to unlock your BitLocker encrypted drive.
If manage-bde failed to unlock this BitLocker volume, try iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery to recover data from your BitLocker encrypted drive.
Solution 4: BitLocker Data Recovery
If the above three solutions fail to unlock your BitLocker encrypted drive, BitLocker data recovery is the last choice. iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery is a professional BitLocker data recovery software which can recover lost data from formatted, failed, corrupted, inaccessible BitLocker encrypted drive in Windows 10/8/7/XP.
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