Windows 11 and old versions of the Windows operating system have BitLocker Encryption enabled on the drives. BitLocker has a recovery key that can be saved to your Microsoft account.

You can set BitLocker Encryption Method & Cipher Strength in Windows to help prevent unauthorized access to your system files or the physical drive.

We show you how to resume or suspend BitLocker encryption on Windows 11/10 using the Control Panel. There may come a time when you may need to do this.

With software BitLocker encryption on drive C: it boots within 15 seconds. I time it from the showing of the Dell logo during pre-boot checks to the time when the login screen is displayed in Windows.

The upcoming Windows 11 24H2 version will reportedly enable BitLocker drive encryption for most computers. This will apply to fresh installs and reinstallations, and disabling BitLocker is a bit ...

That means if you clean install Windows 11 later this year or buy a new PC with 24H2 installed, BitLocker device encryption will be enabled by default. If you just upgrade to 24H2, Microsoft won ...

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to automate updating the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) partition in order to fix CVE-2024-20666, a vulnerability that allowed for BitLocker ...