How to recover deleted/lost files from BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive?

Posted by Tim to BitLocker Recovery on March 3rd, 2017

We had a employee who lost lots of valuable data on a BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive. The drive conversion table has been corrupted and they didn't back up the data on the server, how to recover lost data from BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive?

Solution 1: Professional BitLocker data recovery software

There is an easy-to-use and professional BitLocker data recovery software: iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery, it can help you to recover deleted/lost files from BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive, recover lost data from corrupted, formatted, failed, inaccessible BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive, USB stick, USB key, thumb drive, memory card, SD card, etc.

Tutorial to recover deleted/lost files from BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive

Step 1: Download, install and launch iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery on your computer.

Step 2: Select the BitLocker USB flash drive which you want to recover lost data from and click Next to continue.

BitLocker encrytped USB flash drive data recovery software

Step 3: Enter the password or 48-digit BitLocker recovery key to decrypt data from BitLocker USB flash drive.

Decrypt data from BitLocker USB flash drive

Step 4: Scan the lost data from BitLocker USB flash drive.

Recover deleted/lost files from BitLocker USB flash drive

Step 5: After the lost data is found from BitLocker USB flash drive, please select them and click "Recover" to save.

Solution 2: Recover deleted/lost files from BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive with BitLocker Repair Tool

The BitLocker Repair Tool (Repair-bde) is a command-line tool included with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and later. This tool can be used to access encrypted data on a severely damaged drive if the drive was encrypted by using BitLocker Drive Encryption. It is used especially for the extraction of data from under locked BitLocker encrypted drive.

Tutorial to recover lost data from corrupted, failed, inaccessible BitLocker encrypted USB flash drive with BitLocker Repair Tool

Step 1: Run CMD in administrator mode

Step 2: Run the Repair-bde command like so: repair-bde (flashdrive letter): (recoverypath)\(filename).img -rp 11111-22222-......(Bit Locker Recovery Key)

Step 3: Mount the .img file to a drive

Step 4: Use common data recovery software such as iBoysoft Data Recovery (Choose Data Recovery module on iBoysoft Data Recovery main interface) to recover lost data from this mounted drive