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Recovery password

Password recovery is required if the user exceeds the incorrect password attempts limit on the pre-boot login screen or if the Block FDE login password task is initiated.


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If you have no recovery attempts remaining, you have to decrypt manually.

You need a Workstation ID for the recovery process. Workstation ID is case-sensitive. You can find Workstation ID at the bottom of the pre-boot login screen:

workstation_ID

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