dear friends, i have enterprise edition of vista, enabled bit locker. recently motherboard changed from dell due to videocard issue. asking bitlocker recovery password , i tried using first 8 digit password id on AD, but no results received. any way to unlock bitlocker and save my precious data. waiting for solution

"...recently motherboard changed from dell..." ... did "Dell" replace the m/b ? "...tried using first 8 digit password id on AD, but no results received..." ... what error return code/value message do you receive? . . Grrrr "...pentathol makes you sing like a canary" http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/... ... got brain freeze

Dear Mavis007, It says no password stored in AD, what is the other option...?

"...When you first enable BitLocker, you are asked where you want to save the recovery password. ... Vista offers options of saving the recovery password on a USB disk, saving the password in a folder or printing the password. "...BitLocker ensures that data stored on a computer running Windows Vista remains encrypted even if the computer is tampered with when the operating system is not running. This helps protect against "offline attacks," attacks made by disabling or circumventing the installed operating system, or made by physically removing the hard drive to attack the data separately..." "...BitLocker uses a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to provide enhanced protection for your data and to assure early boot component integrity. This helps protect your data from theft or unauthorized viewing by encrypting the entire Windows volume..." ... TPM chip... Trusted Platform Module... secure cryptoprocessor that can store cryptographic keys that protect information "...recently motherboard changed from dell..." ... any chance of hooking up the drive to old m/board? . . . . Grrrr "...pentathol makes you sing like a canary" http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/... ... got brain freeze

There is a problem with Graphics card on the dell notebook, that process already cross checked and no luck. New motherboard replaced by dell. I think there is no way for recovery of data.....?...but some solution will be there for this sort of issues...

"...New motherboard replaced by dell..." ... for Dell to replace the m/b without unlocking the system for you seems odd to me ... how long ago did they do this? ... "there are ways to bypass bitlocker".!!... ... can you provide email reference number and confirmation from Dell that this is bona fide? ... you can Private Message(PM) me Grrrr "...pentathol makes you sing like a canary" http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/... ... got brain freeze