Unlocking Bitlocker using scripts
- To unlock the BitLocker encrypted volumes for use with OPSWAT MetaDefender Drive, users must boot into Windows and then insert the OPSWAT MetaDefender Drive.
- To unlock their drives, users must open “This PC” (or “My Computer”, depending on the version of Windows), right-click on the encrypted drive icons with the locked yellow padlock icon, click "Unlock Drive" and provide the Password.
- Once the encrypted drive has been unlocked, the user should navigate to the "MetaDefender Drive" volume
- Next, navigate to the "tools" folder within the "MetaDefender Drive" volume
- Users should then see three files: “unlock_bitlocker.bat" (used to unlock your BitLocker drives), “unlock_bitlocker.ps1” (a Windows PowerShell script utilized by bitlocker.bat), and "README.txt" (instructions on how to unlock BitLocker encryption for a diagnostic scan).
- Right-click on “unlock_bitlocker.bat” and select the "Run as administrator" option, which should trigger an administrator rights elevation prompt to appear, to which the User should click “Yes” to allow the script to proceed.
- Once the script has run, a file named “bitlocker.key” will appear in the "tools", indicating to users that they are ready to run a scan.
- Now reboot and your encrypted Disks are unlock, readable and ready to scan with MetaDefender Drive
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