On Windows 10, you may need to temporarily suspend BitLocker encryption to perform specific tasks, such as firmware, hardware, and Windows updates, using Control Panel, PowerShell, and Command ...

But Microsoft’s “BitLocker” hard drive encryption has always been one of the functions defining the Pro version of the operating system. Officially, this also applies to Windows 11; ...

You can set up BitLocker to secure your data with encryption whether you have Windows 11 Pro or Home, and in this guide, we’ll show you how.

Users might find it useful to create a special shortcut to launch the BitLocker Drive Encryption window directly with one click. From there, you will be able to suspend the drive’s protection ...

BitLocker is a user-friendly feature, and it only takes a few steps to encrypt a drive. Once it has been encrypted, the data on the BitLocker-protected volume becomes irretrievable without ...

Users running one of the affected drives may think that Microsoft’s BitLocker tool, which comes standard on Windows 10 Pro, will cover the issue with its software-based encryption.

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 ...