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To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the ...

With the latest Windows 11 version 24H2 update, Microsoft finally started enabling BitLocker aka Device Encryption, by default. BitLocker encrypts the entire drive so that even if the PC is lost or ...

BitLocker is a volume encryption feature of Windows. Paired with the Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) software, this feature meets the requirement of the UVM Information ...

In other words, BitLocker is designed to encrypt entire partitions on your hard drive. When activated, BitLocker stores your PC’s files on disk in an encrypted manner. Think of them as being ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is making BitLocker device encryption a default feature ...

also known as BitLocker automatic device encryption, is a crucial feature for protecting your data on the OS drive. It ensures that only authorized individuals can access the data stored on your ...

This way, hackers or other random people can’t get access to your hard drive’s contents in any way unless they get the encryption key as well. Windows allows two built-in methods to encrypt your ...

It exploits the Microsoft BitLocker encryption feature to encrypt the entire local drive and remove the recovery options before shutting down the PC. ShrinkLocker was discovered by cybersecurity ...