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I messed up big time.

I had one of my drives encrypted using bitlocker. I remember that I haven't copied the recovery key to a usb device. Now I also have forgotten the password since I didn't used the laptop for a few month.

Hence my only chance to getting my data back is to locate the file for recovery key.

Since I remember backing up the key to local machine and not a flash drive, I have some hope. But the fact is I am not able to locate the recovery key file.

Can someone please help me. I just need the default location for storing the recovery key.

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The Bitlock keys can be found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM).

  1. Open the Registry Editor (press + R and type regedit, hit Enter).

  2. Navigate to:

    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\FVE
  3. Look for the values of DefaultRecoveryFolderPath.

Source

See also BitLocker Recovery Guide for more information.

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    I checked it. I have no directory under 'Microsoft' called 'FVE'. The only ones listed are :- Cryptography, Netlogon, PeerDist, Peernet, SystemCertificates, Windows, WindowsNT. So no luck there.
    – Damon
    Feb 16, 2015 at 6:26

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