Another way to access BitLocker is to press the Windows-W key combination, search for BitLocker, and choose the BitLocker Drive Encryption utility listed in the results under Settings.

If you want to secure your portable storage devices using BitLocker on Windows 11/10, this guide will show you how to use BitLocker To Go.

BitLocker-to-Go on Windows 7 --> BitLocker-to-Go on Windows 7 As previously mentioned in my other article, BitLocker has now been ported to Windows 7, and begun supporting portable and flash drives.

BitLocker is officially only available for Windows 10/11 Pro. However, the tool is actually also included in the Home versions, just hidden.

Microsoft has disabled a fix for a BitLocker security feature bypass vulnerability due to firmware incompatibility issues that were causing patched Windows devices to go into BitLocker recovery mode.

To eliminate that risk, use the BitLocker To Go feature of Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise editions to encrypt the drive so that it can't be read without a password.

On Windows 11, BitLocker adds an extra layer of security with encryption to protect your device and files from unauthorized access.

If you see This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup, enable WinRE, tweak Group Policy, ...