
You can check your USB drives for the key.
#Microsoft recovery key windows
if none of the above conditions are met, then Windows will ask for a USB drive location to save the recovery key on.while you were using a (consumer) Microsoft account to sign in, Windows will save the recovery key to your (consumer) OneDrive.More details about Delegated OU Bitlocker options Talk to your delegated OU admin or IT unit for help. after you joined the NETID Active Directory (or another AD), then depending on configuration settings in your delegated OU, the recovery key may be saved in AD.NOTE: if your computer has been renamed *after* you enabled Bitlocker, then you may need to look under the old name.after you registered the device with Azure AD, the recovery key should get stored in Azure AD.Where that location is depends on the circumstances at the time Bitlocker was enabled. In all cases, the recovery key is saved somewhere.

The recovery key (a 48 digit code) is only available when Bitlocker is enabled. Removing or fully depleting a computer batteryĮach computer can configure which integrity factors are significant, but in most cases, the default set are used.Making significant changes to the hardware.3rd party updates to TPM firmware, UEFI or BIOS configuration, or secure boot configuration.Integrity factors that may trigger recovery mode include: Recovery Modeīitlocker relies on integrity factors to ensure it is not bypassed, and if it detects that integrity has been tampered with, Bitlocker will go into recovery mode, requiring the BitLocker recovery key before you can get any access to your hard drive, including to fully boot Windows.

