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Old 12-20-2008   #1 (permalink)
roshan.gautam


 
 

Messed up with bitlocker drive encryption

i had installed windows vista ultimate in my hp nc6400 laptop before.
During that time i used bitlocker drive encryption to encrypt my
drive. Later i installed windows xp and now i am not able to read that
partition and all my important data is in that partition pls help me
out how can i decrypt that partition.. i am in so big trouble.

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Old 12-20-2008   #2 (permalink)
Paul Adare


 
 

Re: Messed up with bitlocker drive encryption

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:40:07 -0800 (PST), roshan.gautam wrote:
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> i had installed windows vista ultimate in my hp nc6400 laptop before.
> During that time i used bitlocker drive encryption to encrypt my
> drive. Later i installed windows xp and now i am not able to read that
> partition and all my important data is in that partition pls help me
> out how can i decrypt that partition.. i am in so big trouble.
Your data is more than probably gone for good, however, have a look through
the results from this search, you may find something to help you recover:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...Amicrosoft.com
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Paul Adare
MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
http://www.identit.ca
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