Diego T. Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Hello all... By mistake I lost the key to remove the encryption of the external hard drive. So Im about to format the disk and loose al the info but whats the best way to do it so I can give a chance to a recovery software program to try to restore the information. Any suggestions for software will be appreiated. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vissha Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 32 minutes ago, Diego T. said: Hello all... By mistake I lost the key to remove the encryption of the external hard drive. So Im about to format the disk and loose al the info but whats the best way to do it so I can give a chance to a recovery software program to try to restore the information. Any suggestions for software will be appreiated. Thank you! Try Minitool or Paragon or Eassos(DiskGenius) or Stellar or Aomei or EaseUS. All have similar functionality to recover if lost key. Sample Guide - Minitool: https://www.minitool.com/data-recovery/bitlocker-drive-encryption-recovery.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Encrypted files that can be recovered without the key? What kind of encryption is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israeli_Eagle Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Depends how exactly it was encrypted. If for example was (high level and full) Bitlocker then zero chance without key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego T. Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 2 hours ago, mp68terr said: Encrypted files that can be recovered without the key? What kind of encryption is that? I guess this answers my situatiation that Im in denial of deleting the whole hard drive. Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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