Lost Windows 10 Administrator Password

from AshesoftheSingularity Forums

What can I do if  I forgot my Windows password? I have tried many methods including the following:

http://www.chntpw.com/download/

http://www.top-password.com/knowledge/reset-windows-10-password.html

https://www.howtogeek.com/222262/how-to-reset-your-forgotten-password-in-windows-10/

Once booted with the CD, I can see the drive letter of my Windows partition but it is inaccessible.

This is possible because my hard drive was encrypted with BitLocker.

How can I bypass Windows 10 login?

Please help! Thanks in advanced!

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock.net Forums Top

Assuming you backed up your Bitlocker key, I think your only hope is attaching the drive to another computer and then using this bypass: https://4sysops.com/archives/reset-a-windows-10-password/

If you don't have the key, then I hope your backups are current.

Kris

 

Reply #2 from AshesoftheSingularity Forums Top

Attach the hard drive to another PC and the files are still inaccessible.

Eventually I run this command and it decrypted succefully:

manage-bde -unlock <drive_letter>: -RecoveryPassword bitlocker_recovery_key

Then try the password recovery methods above and it worked!

Problem solved!

Thanks a lot!

 

 

 

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