How secure is a bitlocker startup key on a mountable encrypted container?

Let’s say I want to protect the contents of my Desktop PC which I use in quite many occasions remotely.
I want to use Bitlocker with a startup key that only "activates" at a specific moment in time.
The setup I am thinking would … Continue reading How secure is a bitlocker startup key on a mountable encrypted container?

How does bitlocker work when unlocking a removable drive on another PC using a password?

Here’s the scenario:
I have an external harddrive encrypted with bitlocker. I disconnect that drive from the PC that encrypted it, and connect it to a different PC.
Surprisingly, when I do this, all that is required to unlock the drive is … Continue reading How does bitlocker work when unlocking a removable drive on another PC using a password?

Is there any way to get the BitLocker password from the laptop?

I have a personal hard disk of 1TB with lot of data.
I connected it to my office laptop and the drive got bitlocked automatically within a second.
I talk to the office administrators and we ran the command thru administrators right.
manage… Continue reading Is there any way to get the BitLocker password from the laptop?