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Bitlocker Problem On External USB Drive (Can't Decrypt)

Gday -
When I plug in my usb external drive (encrypted with bitlocker) I get a dialogue window that says "you need to format the disk to use it" whereas the bitlocker window used to appear for me to enter my password and decrypt the drive.

I normally click the "safely remove hardware" icon to close the drive before I unplug it, but this morning I was working on a software config and forgot and restarted the system a couple times while the drive was still decrypted. I guess that's what caused the error.

Is there a tool or something I can use to try and recover the drive?

These drives/encryptions etc sure do seem delicate, for being something that contains things so personal/important to people.

Anyway thanks 😵
 
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