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Question

Bitlocker recovery software

Jul 29, 2017 4:18PM PDT

Hello,
My bitlocker drive got corrupted. However, I just need to extract a few files from that drive. Is there any free software that will do that? I have tried repair-bde but that didn't work. I tried M3 recovery software and that shows the files but it is too expensive to buy.

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No PC details but...
Jul 29, 2017 4:26PM PDT

try a Linux distro to get your files out.
Dafydd.

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It's far cheaper than say
Jul 29, 2017 5:16PM PDT

Drivesavers.com or data recovery houses. I have to ask why you encrypted and have no backups?

PCs, smartphones and tablets have yet to evolve to where we can go without backups.