If you’ve forgotten your Windows login password and your bootable C drive is encrypted by BitLocker without a readily available recovery key, renaming files in the System32 folder is impossible. This tutorial offers an alternative solution.
How to find a Bootable Drive?
diskpart
list volume
or
bcdedit
Click on the command prompt, and Run As Administrator
Type the following command:
manage-bde -unlock D: -Password
Enter the password to unlock this volume:
or
manage-bde -unlock D: -pw
Enter the password to unlock this volume:
manage-bde -off D:
manage-bde -status D:
Note: D is the bootable drive in this case.
An error occurred (code 0x80070057) due to Windows RE status was disabled
To address this issue, we can type this command reagentc /enable
Yellow Triangle Warning on Encrypted Drive
An error occurred (code 0x80310021)
An error occurred (code 0x8031004e)
Fix: manage-bde -on Drive Letter:
Hint:
The command prompt option was not accessible because it required a password. To…