BitLocker is a great way to protect your files, but obviously, at some point, you may need to access the drive outside of your main PC, and at that point you may need the recovery key.

In the BitLocker Drive Encryption window, you will see a couple of options. If the USB drive or hard drive is new and does not have any files on it yet, go with Encrypt used disk space only .

I recently enforced BitLocker Recovery Password backups to AD through Group Policy. (Which is awesome, BTW.) While Domain Admins have no trouble viewing them, I've having trouble delegating these ...

After encrypting your drive with BitLocker, you won’t notice any difference in using your computer. Unlike with most other third-party encryption programs, you don’t have to type in an ...

Learn how to encrypt VHD or VHDX files using Bitlocker. The encrypted VHD or VHDX container file is more flexible than drive because it can be moved between devices and hide when you don't need it.

Use BitLocker encryption to protect your files if a removable drive is lost or stolen. Click to enlarge. Thumb drives, SD cards, and portable hard drives are tremendously convenient.