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Encrypted HD Password Issue

Hello,


Recently I fancied playing some games with some friends so I installed Windows 10 on an external hard drive. All went (sort of ) fine.


So I came to boot up my Mac from the Bootcamp icon at the bottom on the windows screen. Didn’t work.


Load it up in recovery mode, startup disk, you need a password to unlock it. My password isn’t accepted, I go on to try every password I have ever used. I put the encryption on years ago but I used the same password as I always use for that kinda stuff.


How can I restore factory settings/wipe this completely? Am I gonna have to take it to a genius?


Thanks in advance and if more details needed I’m happy to supply.


Josh

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 6:04 AM

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Posted on Jun 15, 2020 6:30 AM

Another update: This didn’t fully work, it erased all the settings and has allowed me to create a new boot up Mac disk on a external hard drive.


I still have no access to the internal HDD on the Mac, as I presume it’s still encrypted.

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Encrypted HD Password Issue

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