Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can protect them using encryption.

The error “Windows RE cannot be enabled on a volume with BitLocker Drive Encryption Enabled” prevents you from enabling the Windows Recovery Environment. WinRE is ...

Windows 11, Windows 10, and even older versions come pre-installed with a security and encryption feature called BitLocker. It enables users to encrypt everything on the drive where Windows is ...

To turn on BitLocker, go to the Control Panel and look for the BitLocker Drive Encryption panel. If you have Category View turned on, look for it under System and Security.

The upcoming Windows 11 24H2 version will reportedly enable BitLocker drive encryption for most computers. This will apply to fresh installs and reinstallations, and disabling BitLocker is a bit ...

Windows BitLocker is a drive-encryption feature built into Windows Vista Enterprise, Vista Ultimate, Windows Server 2008 and the still-to-come Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 7 Ultimate.

The advisory states "On Windows computers with self-encrypting drives, BitLocker Drive Encryption manages encryption and will use hardware encryption by default.

After reports of widespread flaws in hardware-based SSD encryption, Microsoft has pushed out an update that defaults BitLocker protection to software-based AES encryption.

The BitLocker encryption built into higher-end versions of Windows Vista goes a long way toward locking out intruders at the boot-drive level, but it's neither 100% hassle-free nor 100% secure.

USB drives, external HDDs, and memory cards—remains the go-to for transferring and backing up data. But these devices are also among the easies ...

We show you how to resume or suspend BitLocker encryption on Windows 11/10 using the Control Panel. There may come a time when you may need to do this.