You can use the recovery key to gain access to the volume if your forget your BitLocker password.Īfter BitLocker is turned on, the data on the volume can not be accessed without a secret BitLocker password or BitLocker recovery key, so BitLocker Drive Encryption can keep your data safe, even if your computer is lost, stolen or the hard drive is placed into a different computer. When you turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption on a volume, you will create a BitLocker password which you need to enter every time you access the volume.Ī BitLocker recovery key is also generated.

BitLocker is the short name for BitLocker Drive Encryption, it is a full volume encryption feature that is available in some versions of Windows Vista and later operating system.īitLocker allows us to easily encrypt any volumes on our computer and restrict access with BitLocker password or BitLocker recovery key.Īfter a partition is encrypted with BitLocker, a lock icon will overlay on the partition icon, just like the G: shown in the picture below: