Your SSD could run slower if you have Microsoft's BitLocker encryption enabled on Windows 11 Pro. Here's how to fix it.

After reports of widespread flaws in hardware-based SSD encryption, Microsoft has pushed out an update that defaults BitLocker protection to software-based AES encryption.

bitlocker problem, turned off accidentally, with SSD, now can't turn on again without MS asking to encrypt part or all of drive Hi, I had BL working fine with my Samsung SSD Evo, however, somehow ...

Reacting to a recently discovered security hole in hardware-based encryption in solid state drives, Microsoft recommends that if you’re using BitLocker to protect a solid-state drive, you switch ...

I then tried to turn on bitlocker and I get this message "The path specified in the boot configuration data (BCD) for bitlocker drive encryption integrity protection application is incorrect.

When using Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption Windows will leverage the hard drive’s hardware-based encryption as opposed to its own software-based BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Microsoft issued security advisory ADV180028 on Tuesday for computer users that have self-encrypting solid-state drives (SSDs) that are ostensibly protected by Microsoft's BitLocker encryption scheme.

Microsoft on Tuesday announced that sales of solid-state drive (SSD) 'commercial spares' replacement kits for Surface Pro 7+ PCs is now open, but only in the U.S. market.

Microsoft may be rolling out a new feature as part of the latest Windows 11 update that will boost security but slow down SSD performance. We’re talking about BitLocker, of course, a device ...

BitLocker encryption issue A default setting in Windows 11 Pro robs as much as 45 percent of the speed from SSDs as it forces processors to encrypt and decrypt everything.

As it turns out, that’s not true. Instead, when BitLocker notices that the SSD offers hardware-based encryption, it defaults to using that instead of BitLocker’s software encryption.