Laptop encrypted drive showing as unallocated
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The entire drive appears as empty "Unallocated Space" in Disk Management.
Symptoms
- No partition
- Black bar in Disk Management
- Data missing
Possible Causes
- Partition table wiped
- Failed encryption
- Disk error
Step-by-Step Fix
1
Do Not Initialize
Initializing will make data recovery much harder.
2
Use TestDisk
Attempt to recover the lost BitLocker partition table.
3
Restore from Backup
Unallocated space on an encrypted drive is often a total data loss.
When to See a Technician
If an encrypted drive shows as unallocated, the partition header is likely gone. Do NOT create a new partition.
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