Microsoft’s software encryption for SSDs, BitLocker, has been found to be slowing down SSD performance by up to 45% in Windows 11 Pro. BitLocker is enabled automatically when Windows 11 Pro is ...

BitLocker is an on-by-default setting in Windows 11 Pro that is meant to encrypt and protect your data. While that sounds all good and dandy, the setting now appears to rob as much as 45 percent ...

You can check BitLocker encryption status for all the drivers on Windows 11 by executing a manage-bde -status command in Command Prompt or Get-BitLockerVolume command in Windows PowerShell.

If you’ve signed into a Windows 11 Pro PC with your Microsoft account, BitLocker is on by default. However, even Windows 11 Home PCs can use Windows’ built-in “device encryption.” ...

You can add or remove the Manage BitLocker context menu from all unlocked drives encrypted by BitLocker for all users in Windows 10. The procedure involved is the same as mentioned above.

Microsoft has finally managed to resolve a bug related to BitLocker encryption reporting. The issue was first confirmed in October last year, and it has finally been fixed on Windows 11 21H2.

BitLocker will be enabled by default on all Windows 11 PCs. Once the drive is encrypted with BitLocker, Windows asks where you’d like to back up the encryption key.