Your Windows PC has a secret recovery tool that's seriously useful - here's how to access it ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to fix a known issue causing Windows 10 systems to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the May 2025 security updates. To fix systems stuck at a ...

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. “Reset and recovery operations on some Windows versions might fail,” ...

Microsoft dealt a heavy blow to Windows 10 with the most recent Patch Tuesday. May’s KB5058379 update is causing some annoying problems, like making Windows request the BitLocker recovery key on ...

Since BitLocker heavily relies on WinRE to handle pre-boot authentication, including the recovery password prompt, if WinRE is disabled, corrupted, or not properly ...

It can be quite frustrating and alarming to see There are no more BitLocker recovery options on your PC, especially when you are locked out of the system. This error ...

Latest Windows Security Update Can Botch Device Recovery, Reinstall Options Microsoft warns that the August security update can prevent Windows 10 and 11 PCs from initiating a factory reset or ...