By default, Windows 11 will encrypt all the fixed drives on your PC using BitLocker when you first connect them, and this applies to newly-created partitions, too.

Hey gents, I'm back. This time with some Bitlocker trouble. The short short version is, on a new machine with a fresh install of Win 7 Enterprise, I enable ...

Click Turn on auto-unlock next to an encrypted fixed drive to enable that feature. When encrypting a drive, BitLocker lets you pick whether you want to encrypt the space in use or the entire disk.

Let us see how to Turn On or Off BitLocker to encrypt or decrypt fixed and removable data drives in Windows 11/10. BitLocker To Go is BitLocker Drive Encryption on removable data drives. This ...

Last month's BitLocker Recovery bug should be a wake-up call for everyone who owns a Windows PC. Make sure you have a copy of your recovery key so you can avoid being locked out of your data files.

Under the "Fixed data drives" section, click the "Turn on BitLocker" option for the secondary drive. (Image credit: Future) Check the "Use a password to unlock the drive" option.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, BitLocker will use AES with the same bit strength (128-bit or 256-bit) as the “Choose drive encryption method and cipher strength (Windows ...

This is where the BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool comes handy. If you already have Vista drives partitioned and BitLocker is warning you that the drives need to be reconfigured, download and install ...

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.