BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

PC has a hard drive partitioned into C and D. Win 10 Pro resides on C and saves its key without issue to my account. D is a no go. It is also bitlocked and it opens automatically when C is decrypted.

Microsoft is trying to put an end to the long running trade off between full disk encryption and fast solid state storage by ...

In the upcoming 24H2 update, Microsoft introduced BitLocker encryption as a default feature for Windows 11, ensuring automatic data security on new and clean installations. Previously restricted by ...

Microsoft will soon start "accelerating" input/output (I/O) operations for BitLocker-encrypted volumes on PC systems with ...

It doesn’t matter what your primary way of interacting with the digital world looks like, one thing that’s consistently on everyone’s mind is security. Your private information should be private. You ...

As happens from time to time, somebody has spotted a feature in Windows 10 that isn’t actually new and has largely denounced it as a great privacy violation. The Intercept has written that if you have ...

A Reddit user has detailed a distressing experience in which the BitLocker encryption feature locked access to over 3 terabytes of personal data following a fresh installation of Windows 11, a ...

Microsoft has announced big changes that are coming to BitLocker encryption on Windows 11 in 2026. The company has unveiled a new 'hardware accelerated BitLocker' that will be available on new devices ...

Let us see how to Turn On or Off BitLocker to encrypt or decrypt fixed and removable data drives in Windows 11/10. BitLocker To Go is BitLocker Drive Encryption on removable data drives. This includes ...

Taking the time to review network encryption settings other than those in BitLocker needs much more review and examination to ensure thorough and consistent security. When we think about encryption ...

Microsoft is warning that Windows 11 is subject to a bug that can cause data damage under certain specialized conditions, including writing data to encrypted drives using BitLocker. Unfortunately, the ...