Bitlocker Mess-Up!!

[abhinavjha]

Okay here is a serious problem (with windows,not spica)
I corrupted my external HDD which was protected with bitlocker.....now,when i insert the hdd, bitlocker asks for the password but when i enter it the computer hangs....
what do i do now??
i DO NOT care for the data....i just need my 1TB of space back.....can any1 help me?

[abhinavjha]

No One???

[Kiwietje]

If you do not care about the data, the best thing you could do is to format the drive, which i believe is still possible despite the encryption (see: can you format a locked encrypted bitlocker drive - Overclockers UK Forums)

Here is a link with ways to format a HDD in Windows 7: HDD format tool, hard disk partition format tool.
If formatting in Windows somehow fails, you can try formatting it with GParted using a linux live cd (Like Ubuntu or Parted Magic). A tutorial for doing that is here: How to format a hard drive to NTFS using Gparted - YouTube (the vid skips to the part about GParted, which is the most important part)

After that, you should have your space back.

Best of luck.