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[Michael Pietroforte]

In this article, you will learn how to create a Windows PE 3.0 installation that you can use to unlock BitLocker encrypted drives with the manage-bde command.

A while back, I claimed that hard drives in business PCs should always be encrypted for various reasons. Even though many third-party encryption solutions are available, BitLocker would always be my first choice because it is perfectly integrated into Windows. Unfortunately, by default this is not the case for Windows PE.

A disadvantage of hard drive encryption is that you can't easily access the system drive for troubleshooting if Windows is unable to boot up properly. Imagine that a high-ranking manager comes to your office in the morning, telling you that her laptop doesn't boot up and that she has important data on the encrypted system disk that she desperately needs later today. Ah, and by the way, her flight leaves in an hour. What will you do?

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Author: Michael Pietroforte
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