From: keith_nuttle@yahoo.com   
      
   On 01/10/2026 3:57 PM, VanguardLH wrote:   
   > knuttle  wrote:   
   >   
   >> My brother in law die.  We have his computer but it is locked with a   
   >> pass word.   
   >>   
   >> If we pull the hard drive, and place it in an external drive enclosure,   
   >> can we unlock the drive so it can be used as a primary drive in another   
   >> computer?   
   >   
   > Locking by permissions is an OS-level feature.  If you move the drive to   
   > another computer, the permissions on the drive are not valid or enforced   
   > under a different instance of the OS.  The permissions under a different   
   > instance of the OS are not present for the other OS.   
   >   
   > Not sure what you mean by locked.  Do you mean Bitlocker was used to   
   > encrypt the drive?  If so, you're not getting anything off that drive.   
   > There is no backdoor to Bitlocker.   
   locked with Windows start up password.   
   _____________   
   I have a 2TB drive from my old desktop and a 1TB drive one from my   
   brother in laws computer.  Long term I would like to keep the 2TB drive   
   as an external backup to back up my existing 25 year old back up 1TB   
   external drive.   
      
   On my brother in law's drive there is data that I would download to   
   another drive.  I would then like to put my Brother in Law's 1TB drive   
   in my old Desktop before I donate it, ie get rid of it.   
      
   We could not get pass the login password on my Brother in laws computer,   
   so we removed the drive. (Long irrelevant story)   
      
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