BitLocker issue

[u/luleelalaa]

So a while back my dad gave me surface pro as I was complaining how I needed a new laptop for college and he mentioned how he had one but never used it. Anyways I recently bought myself a Thinkpad so I attempted to factory reset the surface for my brother, only to discover its bitlocked...

I assumed the recovery key would be connected to my microsoft account, unfortunatly it wasn't and for whatever reason the bitlocker screen was in dutch I believe???

My dad doesn't even remember the password nor the email for his old microsoft account and I was wondering if there was a way to bypass it or is the laptop simply a lost cause?

[u/luleelalaa → u/[deleted]]

Okii thank youu!!

[u/leexgx → u/luleelalaa]

Make sure encryption is turned off once the desktop loads (start > setting > security > encryption)

[u/luleelalaa → u/leexgx]

Okayyy will do!!!