Bypass Windows Bitlocker?
Hi, I have a four-year-old laptop lying around and would like to get it working again – but when I boot it up, I'm asked for my BitLocker PIN. The Microsoft account I used back then no longer exists.
Long story short – how do I get around this? Resetting via the recovery options doesn't work…
Could I possibly just replace the SSD? Or will the new one be automatically encrypted?
I don't care about the data, I don't even know what's on it anymore…
Thanks in advance for all the answers!
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The best thing you can do is buy or use a new hard drive.
No, the hard drive is BitLock protector, so you won’t have any problems with exchange.
Okay sounds good, do I have to reinstall Windows? Or simply swap, start, and go? Sorry for the noob question, but that’s something new for me.
Ne, of course, need to reinstall Windows because the operating system is on the hard drive.
Easy to reinstall windows.
I can do that with nem USB stick and a new license, right?
Why New License? – If Win10 was unlocked on the laptop, it can be installed again as often as desired.
Oh, yeah.