Apologies for all the messages - writing while researching. m3datarecovery doesn't seem to have a huge following so not sure about that.
I know this isn't really the place (forgive me, and my original question about dislocker (or other Linux techniques) still stands...) - any recommendations appreciated. Thanks, Gareth On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 23:04, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > I meant to say "Windows software" - it isn't by MS. > > > On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 21:43, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote: > > Hello, > > > > A friend with a Windows laptop recently found that BitLocker was > > activated after applying > > > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/security-update-for-secure-boot-dbx-january-12-2021-f08c6b00-a850-e595-6147-d0c32ead81e2 > > > > (this seems to be a thing - > > https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=windows+update+activates+bitlocker > > ) > > > > but it didn't accept the correct recovery key. > > > > A quick Google suggests this means bitlocker is corrupted. > > > > There is some MS software which will hopefully perform recovery [see > > solution 5 in...] > > > > https://www.m3datarecovery.com/bitlocker-drive-data-recovery/bitlocker-not-recognize-password-or-recovery-key.html > > > > - is there any likelihood that dislocker on Linux may be of use? > > > > Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing? > > > > Thanks, > > Gareth > > > > -- > > Please post to: [email protected] > > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > Please post to: [email protected] > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: [email protected] Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
