powershell commands for bitlocker to unlock drives

use manage-bde command to check status of D drive.

1. open admin command prompt (run powershell as administrator)

2. Run below command:

manage-bde -status D:           [assuming D: is the bitlocked drive]

3. Try this, if it shows volume is locked.

manage-bde -unlock D: -pw

if you have a password then use password to unlock it.

4. If you have recovery password, then try this:

manage-bde -unlock D: -rp xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx

where xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxx is the 48 digit recovery password.

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