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Amanda WongSummary: A step-by-step tutorial guides you on how to access BitLocker encrypted drive on another computer, including Windows PC, Mac, and Linux.
This article will introduce how to access BitLocker encrypted drive on another computer, including PC, Mac, and Linux. We will teach you how to access BitLocker encrypted drive on another computer according to different operating systems:
How to access BitLocker encrypted drive on another PC
1. Double-click on the BitLocker encrypted drive in My Computer or This PC.
2. Enter the password to unlock the BitLocker encrypted drive.
If you don't have the BitLocker password, click "More Options" and click "Enter recovery key" to enter the BitLocker recovery key - How/Where to find BitLocker recovery key?
If you don't have BitLocker recovery key either, refer to: How to unlock BitLocker encrypted drive without password and recovery key?
If BitLocker doesn't accept password or recovery key, you need a professional BitLocker data recovery software: iBoysoft BitLocker Recovery to recover data from corrupted BitLocker encrypted drive.
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How to access BitLocker encrypted drive on another Mac computer
Although Microsoft only developed and released BitLocker for Windows version, so macOS cannot open BitLocker encrypted drive, but with the help of BitLocker for Mac, you can easily open BitLocker encrypted drive and then read/write BitLocker encrypted drive on your Mac.
Tutorial to unlock BitLocker encrypted drive on Mac computer
Step 1: Launch iBoysoft BitLocker for Mac on Mac computer.
Step 2: Insert a BitLocker encrypted drive into your Mac.
Step 3: Select BitLocker encrypted drive and then click the "Open" icon to unlock.
Step 4: Enter the password to unlock the BitLocker encrypted drive.
Step 5: After unlocking, the BitLocker encrypted drive will be mounted in read-write mode, then you can read and write the BitLocker encrypted drive on your Mac.
How to access BitLocker encrypted drive on another Linux computer
M3 BitLocker Loader for Linux is a command tool to mount, read, write, and create a BitLocker encrypted drive in Linux/Ubuntu.
Tutorial to access BitLocker encrypted drive in Linux
Step 1: Download M3 BitLocker Loader for Linux installation package.
Step 2: tar -xvf m3.bitlocker.linux.tar ./
Step 3: cd m3.bitlocker.linux
Step 4: ./install.sh
Step 5: Enter the command to mount BitLocker encrypted drive in Linux: m3.BitLocker [device name] [mount path] [volume name] [password]