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Windows 7: Bitlocked External Hard Drive Crash
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06 Oct 2012
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Iceland |
Bitlocked External Hard Drive Crash
Hi I was wondering if you could help me....One of my external hard drive witch was bitlocked turned on and off and something happened windows kept telling me it needed to be formated but insted I used partition manager and added a new partition since the old one was gone but the thing is the drive was now empty nothing on it...I have the keys for bitlocker but how do I recover my data ?
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number MSI
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-C45
Memory 8192MB RAM
Graphics Card GTX 580
Sound Card Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Asus and Dell
Keyboard G15
Mouse Razer
PSU 700watts
Case G-lite
Cooling 5 Fans
Hard Drives SSD Crucial 64gb
1tb SATA Device
Internet Speed DSL 10 MB/S
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06 Oct 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
Hi,
I'm afraid it doesn't look good, if the encrypted partition was gone, and you replaced it with a new partition, then it now well and truly gone.
Post a screen capture image of your disk management screen so we can have a quick look for you.
Regards,
Golden | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64)
CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
Internet Speed Not fast enough!!!
Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Chrome Version 25
Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86)
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06 Oct 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Iceland |
[IMG]http://s12.**************/csppvz9cb/Drive.jpg[/IMG]
Its Disk 4 Chaos
I installed Easeus Data Recovery and its finding files but will take well over 30 hours but Im not sure I can restore them does not say anything about bitlocked files.
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number MSI
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-C45
Memory 8192MB RAM
Graphics Card GTX 580
Sound Card Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Asus and Dell
Keyboard G15
Mouse Razer
PSU 700watts
Case G-lite
Cooling 5 Fans
Hard Drives SSD Crucial 64gb
1tb SATA Device
Internet Speed DSL 10 MB/S
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06 Oct 2012
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
Please maximise the image so I can see the coloured bar for Disk 4. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64)
CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
Internet Speed Not fast enough!!!
Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Chrome Version 25
Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86)
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06 Oct 2012
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Iceland |
Quote: Originally Posted by Golden  Please maximise the image so I can see the coloured bar for Disk 4. How do I do that it only says click this bar to view the full image ?
Edit: I added attachment to the picture post | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number MSI
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-C45
Memory 8192MB RAM
Graphics Card GTX 580
Sound Card Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Asus and Dell
Keyboard G15
Mouse Razer
PSU 700watts
Case G-lite
Cooling 5 Fans
Hard Drives SSD Crucial 64gb
1tb SATA Device
Internet Speed DSL 10 MB/S
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06 Oct 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
Nevermind - I saw the 2nd image.
Easus might be able to recover it, its up to you to decide to try. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64)
CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
Internet Speed Not fast enough!!!
Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Chrome Version 25
Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86)
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06 Oct 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Iceland |
Quote: Originally Posted by Golden Nevermind - I saw the 2nd image.
Easus might be able to recover it, its up to you to decide to try. If that one fails is there any other program you can recommend with this issue ? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number MSI
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-C45
Memory 8192MB RAM
Graphics Card GTX 580
Sound Card Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Asus and Dell
Keyboard G15
Mouse Razer
PSU 700watts
Case G-lite
Cooling 5 Fans
Hard Drives SSD Crucial 64gb
1tb SATA Device
Internet Speed DSL 10 MB/S
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07 Oct 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
| | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64)
CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
Internet Speed Not fast enough!!!
Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Chrome Version 25
Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86)
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07 Oct 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Iceland |
Quote: Originally Posted by Golden Thx mate for the help ill try anything to fix this  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number MSI
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-C45
Memory 8192MB RAM
Graphics Card GTX 580
Sound Card Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Asus and Dell
Keyboard G15
Mouse Razer
PSU 700watts
Case G-lite
Cooling 5 Fans
Hard Drives SSD Crucial 64gb
1tb SATA Device
Internet Speed DSL 10 MB/S
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13 Oct 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Iceland |
One question for you brilliant people if external hard drive gives and error message it needs an format....How do you recover from that with or without bitlocker protection. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number MSI
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-C45
Memory 8192MB RAM
Graphics Card GTX 580
Sound Card Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Asus and Dell
Keyboard G15
Mouse Razer
PSU 700watts
Case G-lite
Cooling 5 Fans
Hard Drives SSD Crucial 64gb
1tb SATA Device
Internet Speed DSL 10 MB/S
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