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; ...

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 ...

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 ...

BitLocker is Windows' built-in encryption feature that helps combat many data breach problems in the digital era. You can apply it to encrypt your hard drive and other storage devices.