Deal with Your current BitLocker Recovery Key.

Managing your BitLocker recovery key is the most important the main encryption process. The recovery key is required for you really to get access to your personal computer in the event that you forget your PIN, have certain hardware problems like a motherboard replacement or hard drive crash, or even after performing a BIOS update. Without it there is no way to gain access to your data.

During the BitLocker setup process Windows will prompt you to save or print your recovery key. Aka.ms/recoverykeyfaq  As a best practice, ITServices recommends that you print your recovery key and keep it stored in a safe location separate from your computer. Instead you can save to a USB key and keep that stored in a safe location, or store it on a safe network drive.

If your personal computer is element of ITServices'Active Directory (AD) domain, you could have yet another source of backup for your recovery key. As long as your personal computer was joined to the domain just before encrypting with BitLocker, a copy of your recovery key will automatically be stored on our servers.