How to Use Windows Password Refixer on BitLocker Encrypted Drive – 5 steps

This article is about how to use Windows Password Refixer on BitLocker Encrypted Drive. As many of you know, Windows Password Refixer is a powerful and easy Windows password reset tool that resets administrator/user passwords for Windows 10/8/7/Vista and Windows Server 2016/2012/2008, without any data loss.

However, if your Windows operating system is BitLocker-encrypted, Windows Password Refixer cannot help reset the Windows password because it cannot read the system data on the BitLocker-encrypted drive.

How to Use Windows Password Refixer on BitLocker Encrypted Drive

For Windows Password Refixer to work, you must first disable BitLocker encryption on your operating system drive. This is the step.

Steps to use Windows Password Refixer on BitLocker Drive

There are mainly five steps that you will need to use a USB flash drive or CD/DVD. This process may be troublesome, but it can help you successfully use Windows Password Refixer to reset Windows password on BitLocker encrypted drive without any data loss.

Step 1: Disable BitLocker encryption on the system drive

If you are logged into Windows, you can go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> BitLocker Drive Encryption to disable BitLocker encryption on operating system drives.

However, if you’ve forgotten your Windows password and can’t log in, you’ll need to use the Windows installation media to disable BitLocker encryption.

Now, I will take Windows 10 as an example to show the detailed process.

1. Connect a Windows 10 installation media to your computer whose system drive is locked by BitLocker, then start the computer and enter the boot menu or BIOS setup to configure your computer so that it boots from the installation media.

If you don’t have Windows 10 installation media, just download a Windows 10 disc image to create one.

2. After your computer boots, you will get the “Windows Setup” screen as shown in the screenshot below. Press Shift + F10 on the Windows setup screen to bring up the instant window.
3. In the Command Prompt window, type manage-bde -status and press the Enter key. This will check the BitLocker status of all drives connected to your computer, including the operating system drive.

You can see that BitLocker has locked your OS volume (volume D in my case).

4. Now use the following command to unlock your BitLocker encrypted OS drive. Replace “Your_Recovery_Key” with the BitLocker recovery key. If your input key is correct, the system volume will be unlocked successfully. manage-bde -unlock D: -RecoveryPassword Your_Recovery_key

5. Now, type manage-bde -off D: and press Enter key to disable the system drive. Decrypt system drive
   You can repeatedly use the manage-bde -status command to monitor the debugging process.

6. check the decryption process
When “Encrypted Percentage” reaches 0.0%, your system drive is completely corrupted. This means that BitLocker is disabled on your operating system drive.

fully decrypted system drive

You can close windows at the command prompt, disconnect Windows 10 installation media, and shut down the computer. Then you can use Windows Password Refixer which is commonly used on computer.

Step 2: Install Windows Password Repair

Download and install Windows Password Refixer on any working computer. If your computer is locked due to a forgotten password, you will need to use another computer to download and install this program. Once the installation is complete, start this process.

Step 3: Create a password reset disk

You can follow the on-screen instructions in Windows Password Refixer to burn it to a USB drive or CD/DVD. This will create a Windows password reset disk.

flash and usb

Step 4: Boot your computer from the password reset disk

Insert the password reset disk (USB drive or CD) into the computer where you want to reset the Windows password, then start the computer and enter the BIOS settings to configure the computer to boot from the USB or CD drive.

Step 5: Reset your Windows password

After you boot your computer to the password reset disk, Windows Password Refixer will appear. It detects your Windows operating system and user account and lists them on the screen.

All you have to do is select your Windows operating system and the user account whose password you forgot, then click Reset Password.

When asked if you want to set a password, simply click Yes to continue and your password will be successfully reset.

Once you have reset the password, restart your computer using the Restart button.

Once you click Restart, you will be prompted to remove the password disk.

Just click Yes and quickly disconnect the USB drive from your computer. Your computer will restart normally and log in without a password being required.