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Recover partition or data from an encrypted disk

Hello all,

When i reinstall my Windows 10, I delete the partition on my second hard drive by error.
That second hard drive was encrypted with BitLocker.
Is there a software to retrieve the data that was on that drive.
I have the decryption key.

Thanks

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McKnife

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McKnife

The encryption type does not matter at all and tools don't need to be aware of it. If the partitioning is restored, all is good.

noxcho

If the whole drive was encrypted and not just a partition then recovery tools will fail to recover the partition table.

McKnife

That is wrong. "The whole drive" does not exist, it is still a number of partitions that can be viewed without knowing encryption keys.

franbel

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Gentlemen,

I tried everything you suggest and noting works so far.
I'm still looking for a solution.

The data on that drive was not valuables.
I was more appeal by the challenge to retrieve the data then the real value of the data.

Thanks for your input so far.

McKnife

So you tried test disk? What did it reveal?

franbel

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Hello McKnife,

Thanks for you help.

When the analyse/scan is completed, I just have the message "No partition found or selected for recovery"

I attached a file with the image I took.

Thanks again
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McKnife

Hmm, doesn't look good. No further idea but to try different tools. EaseUs partition recovery worked good, once.

franbel

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Hello all,

Nothing seems to works. So my conclusion: I need to reformat the drive and get the data back from a backup.

Thanks all for your help.