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Bitlocker decryption damaged hard disk

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  • Decryption
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March 20, 2011 4:53:25 AM

I have an external hard disk Samsung 500Gb and I used my windows 7 Ultimate to encrypt it. It was working normally when i accidentally click decrypt once. As i know i would take a very long time to decrypt, i closed the decryption process each and every time i connected the hard disk as each time it asked me. But now windows no longer detects it and also i cannot open 'manage bitlocker' when drive is connected. It is whenever i remove it that bitlocker appears. The drive seems to be in use with bitlocker but cannot be accessed. Sometimes an icon witha a lock sign appears in my computer and also whenever i disconnect the hard disk, it is then that bitlocker asks for the password but disappears almost immediately as the drive has been disconnected.
What do i do now to recover data? I don't want to format before backing up all the data. Is the disk damaged???
Please help as data is very important.

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December 22, 2011 6:10:48 PM

i hv exactly d same problm.. Searchng for d answer.. pls write if u got it solved
March 23, 2012 10:17:02 AM

hey .. i am also having same problem . did u find any solution . pls help me
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March 23, 2012 5:21:17 PM

hi, im also having the same problem , did u fix this ? pls help me to get the data back.
May 6, 2014 9:59:31 PM

hi, im also having the same problem , did u fix this ? pls help me to get the data back.
August 14, 2014 12:35:39 AM

heetesh22 said:
I have an external hard disk Samsung 500Gb and I used my windows 7 Ultimate to encrypt it. It was working normally when i accidentally click decrypt once. As i know i would take a very long time to decrypt, i closed the decryption process each and every time i connected the hard disk as each time it asked me. But now windows no longer detects it and also i cannot open 'manage bitlocker' when drive is connected. It is whenever i remove it that bitlocker appears. The drive seems to be in use with bitlocker but cannot be accessed. Sometimes an icon witha a lock sign appears in my computer and also whenever i disconnect the hard disk, it is then that bitlocker asks for the password but disappears almost immediately as the drive has been disconnected.
What do i do now to recover data? I don't want to format before backing up all the data. Is the disk damaged???
Please help as data is very important.


August 14, 2014 12:40:03 AM

heetesh22 said:
I have an external hard disk Samsung 500Gb and I used my windows 7 Ultimate to encrypt it. It was working normally when i accidentally click decrypt once. As i know i would take a very long time to decrypt, i closed the decryption process each and every time i connected the hard disk as each time it asked me. But now windows no longer detects it and also i cannot open 'manage bitlocker' when drive is connected. It is whenever i remove it that bitlocker appears. The drive seems to be in use with bitlocker but cannot be accessed. Sometimes an icon witha a lock sign appears in my computer and also whenever i disconnect the hard disk, it is then that bitlocker asks for the password but disappears almost immediately as the drive has been disconnected.
What do i do now to recover data? I don't want to format before backing up all the data. Is the disk damaged???
Please help as data is very important.


August 14, 2014 12:40:17 AM

hi, im also having the same problem , did u fix this ? pls help me to get the data back.
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mohd_feeroz said:
hi, im also having the same problem , did u fix this ? pls help me to get the data back.


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