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• I encrypted my external hard drive with bit locker, now how to decrypt after reinstalling windows 7

  Original title: Bit Locker question!

  I encrypted my external hard drive with bit locker, I had just installed windows 7 ultimate, I found in a hurry I have does not support for 7 and decided to reformat and to return to my pro victory, I did and when I plugged my external in my cp asked if I wanted to format my external , that's when I realized in my haste I forgot to decipher my outside, so my Q should I do to decipher my external or I'm out of luck?

  Hello

  See the bottom of the articles that might help you.

  Learn more about BitLocker Drive encryption
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/learn-more-about-BitLocker-Drive-encryption
  Guide step by step for Windows 7 BitLocker Drive encryption
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd835565 (WS.10) .aspx

• Cannot access an external hard drive lost, encrypted BitLocker recovery key and do not know where to enter the password to unlock it.

  I recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-Bit on a Sony Vaio. Worked great, seems awsome and rolls GOOS GOOS, for a new operating system. I decided to use the BitLocker feature that I wanted to use from Vista Ultimate, which was incredibly dificult unlike BitLocker in Windows 7, which is extremely simple to use. So simple in fact, I encrypted my external hard drive Verbatim 160 Gig where the original BACKUP files are with ALL my original documents, settings and files of the company are located. I haven't used a USB key, or don't have I recorded the RecoveryKey, I printed and completely loses it, I remember perfectly well the password I used. Problem is I have NOW, I can't ACCESS MY HARD DRIVE! When I try to access the hard drive it asked me not the password recovery key. Please help me, im in deep poopie. I wish I could change the world, if only I could find a diapper big enough to hold so many things...

  Hey thanks for the reply Kev, but I must say that I did and didn't. The new Windows 7 operating system has this feature built-in and it is much easier to use. So yes I did it, but I made using windows 7 have where, instead of download all the files, I just insert the original DVD of WIndows 7, I restart my PC and follow the instructions of recovery of BitLocker recovery key, and voila. The problem is that I've NEVER stored on this particular external hard drive recovery key. BTW: I tried to follow the steps mentioned by Mr. Vijay but inconsistent tool with my operating system (Windows 7 64-Bit) it only works with Vista (not 150 percent certain but close). Please correct me if Im wrong. I wish I could change the world, if only I could find a diapper big enough to hold so many things...

• External hard drive will not eject

  As I encrypted my external hard drive, it does not stop running after I press eject. He disappears from the sidebar in the Finder, but it does not stop running. I deleted and connected it several times and the same thing happens every time. It can be dangerous to drive or is it OK to remove it even if it is still ongoing? Is there anyway to solve this problem so that he stops running when the ejection? Or is there an another way to delete if eject does not work? I have a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9.5.

  One that you eject the disc and it disappears from the Finder, it's OK to disconnect/manually turn off the external drive.

• I broke my external hard drive and now it locked and disassembled?

  I just have a lot of questions here. After trying many things I found in a deeper hole.

  I use an external hard drive, it's a Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB external hard drive. It is formatted and partitioned, I did using the steps for me the Web of Seagate site, when I got it.

  I entered the hole, I'm right now because I had backup problems near the top of my photos of Lyve on my external drive. I think the reason why they would not return, it was because my drive was in offline mode in the "Status" section in Lyve, despite the fact that disk utility says the status of the disk is online. I researched and found out that this can happen if a.) the storage is full or b.) the wifi connection is bad or a connection is not available. When I opened my Seagate dashboard, I discovered that my drive was full, so I thought that was the reason. This made no sense to me because there was no way that I had somehow already packed 1 TB, I had saved only once and it is brand new. However, I deleted a ton of pictures I put in 'Lyve Import' and then allowed the trash. (I must have accidentally imported them several times, so the photos doubled several times or something because altogether they are 50 GB, 1 TB not...) That seemed to be the source because then my drive had 938 GB free!... But my drive was always in offline mode.

  So I refreshed, rebooted, unplugged and replugged, returned Wi - Fi works for Seagate Lyve and my computer. But my drive was still offline even though disk utility always says that it is online.

  Now, I'm still trying to find out why, it's that my drive has been appearing offline in Lyve when I used different Wi - Fi connections in different places and they all worked well, and I have lots of storage. One of the reasons is that the partition on my drive has still pictures of Lyve copied import, I had deleted, because there is almost no storage on this score somehow, I suspect. As you can see in the second photo, the score says he has only 16 MB of available space, and I somehow used GB 999. If it is the same as before, I don't know how to access this partition, and then delete them. It is a copy of all of these photos of Lyve Import? However...

  NOW, currently the main problem that prevents me from continuing to investigate on the previous question is: I had encrypted my external hard drive some time ago. After having annoyed having to enter a password long so many times because of the reopening and that to solve the problem 'offline', I've deciphered this hard drive clicking in the Finder by clicking Decrypt. I entered the password to do this, and have decrypted AFAIK because the password has been accepted. But now my drive says that it is locked and disassembled? What? It is shaded in the left sidebar of disk utility. It does not appear as a device plugged into the Finder. It's as if he is not yet here, but I can still access Lyve. From what I understand, my disc encryption would protect its ' content with a password. Decryption, it would mean that I wouldn't have to type a password to access? Seriously worried that I screwed to the top of something because I did not understand what the consequences would be here. In addition, why my player not appear when the score indicates the status of the disk is online?

  I have included pictures of both the disk and partition information, and what they look like now in disk utility. Previously, from what I remember, in the information section of my car he had about 948 GB available, was mounted and he said it was a logical Partition encrypted, if it is of no use. It does not display this information now because it is locked, correct? I did not delete anything?

  As you can tell, I didn't know what I was doing the same in the first place - and now, I'm stumped. Please bear with me on this because all of this formatting and partitioning, and editing and similar is confusing me, only knowledge I had performed since the steps provided in the forums or on Seagate and Lyve directions on their website. I really don't understand what that means anyway - I wasn't trying to screw around things just... Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

  

  

  

  ^ Note that this is what my Finder looks like now despite the fact that my external hard drive is connected. He always used to display the full drive Center 'FAVORITES' and 'TAGS' as a device that is currently connected, with the option to display its "table of contents or eject it.

  Update - I managed to solve this problem using this forum:

  How decrypt external hard drive, so it can be re-partitioned

  Make it wiped my drive, but given that I had pictures about it as I have copies on my computer, which was not serious.

  Good luck to everyone

• Updated the motherboard, processor and RAM and upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, after upgrade the external hard drive encrypted with bitlocker will not enter the password.

  Original title: bitllocker Windows 7 issue

  Hello

  I recently updated my motherboard, processor and RAM, but I kept my original 500 GB hard drive, and equipped with a hard drive 2 TB extra, after the upgrade, I downloaded windows 7 ultimate 64-bit. After the upgrade I plugged my external hard drive (which has all my stuff important on it, that is to say the photo, video etc.) to realize that I had he encrypted with bitlocker on my old sysem. It allows Me to enter my password, it looks for a USB flash drive key, I did not. My question is:

  Can I replace my old system with the old motherboard, hard drive and the original RAM to remove the external hard drive for bitlocker?

  I still have the file windows.old on my hard drive, I have to restore it and remove the most recent version of windows 7 off the drive. I do this before I rebuild my old PC? I'm stuck here and would not lose all my photos (the wife would kill me!) I would appreciate your help.

  Hello

  Reassembly of the old computer won't help. You will always need the key to open the Bitlocker.

  You can read the articles and check:

  What is the difference between BitLocker Drive encryption and EFS file system?

  Protect your files using BitLocker Drive encryption

  In Windows 7 BitLocker Drive Encryption: frequently asked Questions

  Hope the helps of information. Let us know if you need help with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help you.

• Need help in choosing external hard drive encryption tool (Windows Bitlocker)

  Hello friends,

  I have an external hard drive (model capacity - STBU1000303, - 1 TB Seagate) and I'm looking for a disk security tool so I can encrypt my external drive and protect the password.

  I found a tool Microsoft Bitlocker, so please suggest can make the backup encryption and password for this external hard drive? Or should I try another third party tool?

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello friends,

  I have an external hard drive (model capacity - STBU1000303, - 1 TB Seagate) and I'm looking for a disk security tool so I can encrypt my external drive and protect the password.

  I found a tool Microsoft Bitlocker, so please suggest can make the backup encryption and password for this external hard drive? Or should I try another third party tool?

  Thanks in advance!

  See the following link.

  Getting started with BitLocker Drive Encryption:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd875544 (v = WS.10) .aspx

  "You can use BitLocker to encrypt fixed data (such as internal hard drives) drives and removable data (such as USB and external hard drives, flash drives) drives. To encrypt a data drive, it must be formatted by using the FAT, FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS file system and must be at least 64 MB in size. »

  Use the menu on the left side of this page to view other items all the information on the use of Bitlocker.

  Concerning

• As I unlock my external hard drive with Bit Locker Drive Encryption, I get an error.

  Hi, I'm unlock my external hard drive with Bit Locker Drive Encryption I get an error like "BitLocker Drive Encryption doesn't have to recover from a suddenly completed conversion. This can result from the newspaper of conversion being corrupt or the media is write-protected. "Please help me what should I do to unlock my drive."

  Hello Rodrigues,

  I suggest you to use the BitLocker Repair tool to get data from the encrypted hard drive.

  Follow the steps from the link below:

  How to use the BitLocker Repair tool to help recover data from a volume encrypted in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008

  You can download the BitLocker Repair on the link costs: BitLocker Repair tool

  Note: This article is also applicable to Windows 7.

• How to recover data formatting... Encrypted external hard drive

  I have a 500 GB portable external hard drive, which I had encrypted using Bit Locker in Windows 7.

  I accidentally formatted the disk.
  How can I recover the data.
  I tried several software data recovery as (recover my files & Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - professional) etc., but they don't find all the data from the disk was encrypted.
  I would be grateful for any help I could get.
  thanx

  Hello

  Unfortunately, we will not be able to recover the data because the drive has been formatted. Done with the help of Bitlocker encryption has further complicated the issue. However, try to contact a team of data recovery known who do it for a minimal amount according to the amount of data to restore.

• I want to transfer my files to my external hard drive free windows click on my mac, it recognizes the drive but I can't nothing or see the files. Any help is appreciated

  I need to transfer my files to my external hard drive free windows click on my mac.  I can see the drive but cannot do anything or transfer.  any help is appreciated.

  The drive does not appear in the Finder?  Do you get an icon for it on your desktop?

  You say that it recognizes the drive, how exactly, what is the point?

  What happens when you try to use it?

  How the drive is formatted?  Is it encrypted?

• Password protect an external hard drive connected to Time Capsule

  I have a WD passport external hard drive connected to my time capsule, so my wife and I can easily share files. I have the external hard drive connected through the locked time capsules WiFi network so someone in the House can not access however if they walked the time capsule and not plugged in the external hard drive they could walk away with it. When I try to password protect external hard drive then time capsule may not recognise, and so I can't use it as an external hard drive that is shared. No one knows how, to password protect the external hard drive connected to the time capsule as if someone physically stole the external hard drive it would be locked, but have yet still recognizable by Time Capsule when I plugged?

  Hope that makes sense.

  The only way to do is to encrypt the files on the computer.

  And you both use the same password. Unfortunately, this probably means that you can not share files directly... The TC is not a SIN... never, it was designed for this purpose so there no controls to help admin file sharing.

  If you create a DMG file on WD drive that encrypt you and you can copy files to and from... but only one at a time.

  Another method would be to use a specific software... Watch chronosync.

  http://www.econtechnologies.com/Chronosync/guide-sync-with-disk-image.html

  I don't him have not run in this configuration... so, you have to experiment if it manages what you want.

  I think that there will always be limitations on concurrent access from multiple computers.

• I'm not able to remove my bitlocker to my external hard drive password. Please help me out, it is very important to me...

  I'm not able to remove my bitlocker to my external hard drive password. Please help me out, it is very important to me...

  Hello

  1. what happens when you try to delete the password?

  2. you receive an error message/code?

  3. have you forgot the password?

  The best way to remove the bitlocker password is to follow these steps.

  (a) connect your external hard drive in the computer.

  (b) click Start, click Control Panel.

  (c) while on the Panel, the icon find Bitlocker Drive Encryption , click

  (d) you will see all the partitions on your hard disk and their encryption status, whether encrypted or not.

  (e) on one that is encrypted, you will find an option to turn off bitlocker. Click on it and wait for the machine to decrypt.

  Check out the link:

  Microsoft's strategy concerning lost or forgotten passwords

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/189126

  It will be useful.

• unknown user account - S-1-5-21-98 preventing access to the images on an external hard drive

  original title: account unknown user - S-1-5-21-98... PREVENTING ME ACCESS to MY PHOTOS on external hard drive

  Im having problems accessing copy, editing and viewing my photos on my drive external hard .it says I don't have permissions to access the file .and the file belongs to an unknown user account. How can I have access to these files?

  I think that this resulted that I changed my operating system from windows home basic/vista (not sure what operating system) Windows 7 ultimate.

  Please help me, its been two years im trying to solve this problem.

  Here is the link to additional photos showing all the problems

  https://www.Facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3381541016883.2168211.1220177281&type=1&l=160799ee13

  IM using HP530, 2g of RAM, windows 7 ultimate, 32 bit

  the external hard drive is a samsung HD103SI, 1 TB model

  I saw the pictures and found that you had to the security of the folder/file. From there, change the owner of your current account. The account unknown S-1-5-21-98... user id internal to the user account that created the file and so you have the permission of that user, which is impossible because even if you create a user account with the same name, the user id cannot be the same.

  Also, as mentioned in one of the boxes of dialogue, appropriating the folder/file and then delete the unknown user account.

  Try the above, if the file/folder is not encrypted/protected.

• I'm trying to restore access to my external hard drive.

  I'm trying to restore access to my external hard drive. I want to support.

  

  Encryption key is not the kay of recovery?

  Sorry, I'm not an expert on encryption. Here are a few options:

  • Check out this link.
  • Start a new post with a descriptive subject line (for example "how to decipher... »). Be sure to include the name of the used encryption tool.

  Since I essentially answered your original question I would that mark you my answer as "response" to this topic.

• Backup and restore > Creat an Image of the system: program cannot find a WD external hard drive

  I recently bought and installed a MyBook 2 t Western Digital network drive.  It installed fine and I can see listed on the 'Computer' desktop and icon within the Norton backup program.  I have setup my regular backup routines successfully.  On the bottom: I recently lost a hard drive and replaced with a new one and spent several days to restore the system and install any patches, etc.  It was particularly difficult to get the installed Windows 7 SP1.  I wanted to install this drive external hard to use Windows built-in Backup and Restore to "create a system image.  When I select this option, the program asks me where I want to save the backup. I select the button of "on a hard drive" and search for the external hard drive.  It notes the two internal hard drives, external hard drive is not found.  Support WD provided the following instructions:

  ********

  If you have mapped the drive and backup Windows and restore is not able to
  see even the mapped folder. I recommend you to check that the network
  Services by clicking on "Start" and type "Services.msc" and press ENTER.
  It will bring up the Services Control Panel. You will see all the services on
  your computer is listed here.

  Since we are here, we will check that all the
  Associated network services are rising and run correctly. You will verify the
  Next:

  -SSDP Discovery
  -Network Access Protection Agent
  -Network connections
  -Network list service
  -Knowledge of network locations
  -Service of Network Store Interface
  UPnP device host-

  All of these Services, under the State, must be either "Manual" or "Automatic" in
  in order to work properly. If any of these Services are 'off '.
  in the status area, you will need to enable it. To do this, you right-click
  on the Service and click 'properties '. After that, the "Startup Type".
  Set it to automatic, and then close.

  In addition, you will need to check
  as options network and sharing are all set up correctly. To do this, which
  you need to do is click on 'Start' and open 'control panel '. There, click on
  "Network and Internet" or "center network and sharing", according to the
  display type. After that you are in "Network and Internet", you can select 'network '.
  'and Sharing Center'.

  In "Network and sharing Center", on the Panel for
  the left side the last option should read "advanced by change sharing settings."
  That open. On the area of "work at home or", set the parameters as follows:

  -Network of discovery-
  -File and Printer Sharing - on
  -Public folder sharing - suite
  -Media Streaming - suite
  -File sharing - connections
  128-bit encryption is very good.
  -Password protected sharing - Off

  ********

  Everything was as expected, but he has yet to find the external hard drive.  When it doesn't work, they punted (well...' this isn't our software "").

  I am running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit OpSys

  The drive is MyBookLive 2T WD network drive.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  In Windows 7 home Windows backup won't backup to a network drive.  W7 professional and higher.  There is a possible work around

  Windows 7 Home Premium network backup

  http://www.overclockedtechies.com/2012/02/Windows-7-Home-Premium-network-backup/