Most people who use the Home Edition of Windows 10 and 11 are unlikely to be aware that their computer also comes with a Microsoft encryption tool. On many computers, it’s even activated by default.

BitLocker is a hard drive encryption feature available in Windows Pro and Enterprise editions. After locking your hard drive partition with BitLocker, you can unlock it using the BitLocker key. In ...

BitLocker and Device Encryption are critical tools for protecting a PC’s data from thieves. Here’s everything you need to know about the encryption technologies built into Windows 10 and 11. Data ...

Clean installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 now have BitLocker device encryption enabled. Clean installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 now have BitLocker device encryption enabled. is a senior editor and ...

BitLocker is a crucial Windows feature that helps secure the data on your PC. The full version of BitLocker is only available on Windows 11 Pro, but you can still use it to a lesser degree on Windows ...

I was recently talking to someone I know about using Windows Defender to scan their system, and they decided to use the "offline scan" option (the one that reboots and does a scan before loading ...

Microsoft is rolling out hardware-accelerated BitLocker in Windows 11 to address growing performance and security concerns by leveraging the capabilities of system-on-a-chip and CPU. BitLocker is the ...

There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, especially for home use. Although its encryption function is only available ...

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the drive.

The error “Windows RE cannot be enabled on a volume with BitLocker Drive Encryption Enabled” prevents you from enabling the Windows Recovery Environment. WinRE is ...

Facepalm: BitLocker is a full volume encryption feature introduced by Microsoft with Windows Vista. The technology can apparently keep users' data safe thanks to AES and other advanced encryption ...