On Windows, disk encryption is provided via an app called BitLocker. It's prepackaged with the OS, but you have to enable and configure it manually. BitLocker is a user-friendly feature, ...

If you are running Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education, you can use BitLocker To Go — Microsoft’s native disk encryption utility — to encrypt your flash drive.

BitLocker Drive Encryption is available on Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. ... Select how much the drive space to encrypt: Encrypt used disk space only (faster and best for new PCs and drives).

If a third-party disk encryption software is incompatible with the next Windows 10 Feature Update, it may cause the upgrade to crash. Here's the workaround.

How to encrypt hard drives on Windows 10. When it comes to disk encryption on Windows 10, BitLocker Device Encryption is the tool that Microsoft provides.

For devices running Windows 10 or Windows 11, follow the instructions in ZDNET's BitLocker FAQ. Also: How to encrypt a folder in MacOS to keep sensitive data from prying eyes Make sure you store ...

If you have Windows 10 Home and want to encrypt your disk, but don't want the recovery key to be stored in OneDrive, that's OK; you can do it. Contrary to what The Intercept wrote, ...

When you first fire up Windows 8.1 on a PC that supports the feature, head to the “PC Info” section in the device settings screen to check your encryption status.

MBR2GPT.exe will convert a Windows 11/10 computer from legacy BIOS to UEFI disk partitioning. ... You can also use the tool to convert an MBR disk with BitLocker-encrypted volumes.