This key is 48 digits long and can be found in whichever source you used to activate BitLocker. It may be found on a printout, a USB flash drive, or the Microsoft account used to activate BitLocker.

Question: What are the pros and cons of using Windows BitLocker? Answer: You can do many things to help keep your computer secure, and encryption is one of those options. ...

Users that have a Microsoft Account can recover their BitLocker encryption key online too. Say you’re walking through an airport and need to step through a security checkpoint.

PC has a hard drive partitioned into C and D. Win 10 Pro resides on C and saves its key without issue to my account. D is a no go. It is also bitlocked and it opens automatically when C is decrypted.

Last time I covered an introduction to BitLocker, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and what TPM does to assist in keeping your system secure. This time I'm writing about the most important aspect of ...

Users often forget passwords. One of our own customers fielded 200 calls per month from forgetful users requesting password resets, in the short period after deploying BitLocker. In each case, the ...

As Gartner’s MacDonald points out, even if you follow proper procedure and back up BitLocker keys into Active Directory, you need to also make sure the AD repository itself (e.g., Windows Server ...

I just encrypted my OS drive with Bitlocker, and am in the process of doing the same to my data drive. I do not have a TPM module, and have opted to use a password to unlock the OS drive. During ...

BitLocker supports TPM version 1.2 or higher. TPM is supported in newer computers, but what if your computer hardware doesn't support TPM? Luckily, Microsoft's BitLocker also supports removable USB ...

Of course, there is a way to uninstall BitLocker so you never need the key, but that’s not really a good idea as it leaves your data unprotected.