When I assign a drive letter to the recovery parition and look for files using dir /a- I do see files on recovery and there are 33,259,520 bytes free (slightly less than 32mb?).ĭiskpart run by command line lists recovery partition as NTFS and hidden (info column) UEFI partition is fat32 and 'system'. In Windows disk management, the recovery partition says 100% free space (as does the UEFI partition which DID back up). On a computer that is equipped with a compatible TPM, BitLocker uses this TPM to lock the encryption keys that protect the contents of the protected drive. Encrypted drives can be recovered in the same way as ordinary drives. Simply enter the BitLocker decryption key and then run the BitLocker decryption software. If it is a problem with the free space on the recovery volume, then it is happening/will be happening for all Windows 8.1 users. BitLocker encrypted drives can be recovered using this tool, even if the data has been lost or deleted. Problem is, Win8.1 creates the recovery parition and UEFI parition with no possible input from the user (creates them after you tell Windows how large you want the OS partition- which you CAN adjust). Blank GPT drives, UEFI boot and I let Windows 8.1 do the install with no modifications on my part. Chris- I hear what you are saying, but these are all fresh installs of Windows 8.1 using Microsoft defaults.

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