BitLocker recovery key - Active Directory

If you need to recover a computer that has been encrypted with BitLocker, you are required to enter a recovery key. This key is created when you first enable BitLocker. The following are options for storing this recovery key:

• Save the key to file
• Store the key on a USB drive
• Print the key
• Save the key to Active Directory

To use the Active Directory option, you must be running Windows Server 2003 SP1 or higher on your domain controllers. The reason for this is that storing the BitLocker recovery keys in Active Directory requires Schema extensions. The preparation steps can be found here.

This information pertains to the following courses:

Course 5118: Maintaining and Troubleshooting Windows Vista Computers

Comments

[alex]

Using BitLocker to encrypt your system partition is a very good option to keep the computer and the data on it secure. Starting with Vista SP1 you will be able to encrypt not only the system partition but all the other partitions as well, offering even better security. When you encrypt a partition with BitLocker a recovery key is automatically generated so that you can recover the data on the computer when necessary. By default you have the choice of printing the recovery key or saving it to a USB stick or a network share.

[Salim]

i've forgotten my recovery key for bitlocker. i am not able to access my pen drive now. could you please tell me a solution

[Salim]

excuse me sir... i locked my pen drive using bit locker.. it gave me a recovery key to use if i forgot my password.. i stored it in my documents.. then i disabled the password.. after some days i formatted my system and lost the recovery key.. now i am not able to access my pen drive.. its prompting me for recovery key.. but i dont have it.. i dont know what to do now.. could you please give me some information regarding this

[Mike]

Salim, you're out of luck.

the reason it wants to save a recovery key is to recover the key. no reovery key = no recovery.

[Ju]

no recovery key = no recovery. ?
it's big trouble
Salim : we're bitlocker victim.

[Nick Danks]

i also locked my hard drive using bit locker.. it did not give me a recovery key but i do know my password but it does not prompt me to use it? after some days i formatted my system and lost the recovery key.. now i am not able to access my hard drive.. its prompting me for recovery key.. but i dont have it.. i dont know what to do now.. could you please give me some information regarding this.
Kind Regards
Nick Danks
nick@isimo.co.uk