If you don't remember your password or you don't have your smart card, you can use your recovery key to unlock the drive. ...

If you don't remember your password or you don't have your smart card, you can use your recovery key to unlock the drive.

Your recovery key was created when BitLocker was first set up. The recovery key might have been saved or printed, or you might need to get it from your system administrator (depending on your company's security policy).

Your recovery key can be identified by: %1