PCs since Windows Vista can use BitLocker encryption. In the Windows 10 era, BitLocker has gotten more convenient through hardware extras that companies include inside their PCs to keep the ...

Microsoft says that while BitLocker relies on a drive’s hardware encryption by default, it is possible to force a drive to use BitLocker’s software encryption instead.

If you don't have access to BitLocker, don't worry. TrueCrypt is a free open-source alternative. It enables you to encrypt entire volumes, including your system partition and also flash drives ...

You can disable hardware-based encryption for BitLocker on operating system drives using GPEDIT & REGEDIT. Learn how to turn off hardware-based protection in Windows.

BitLocker uses a fast symmetric algorithm (by default 128-bit AES in XTS mode in the current version of Windows 10) for the bulk encryption of data on disk.

Microsoft offers a special encryption tool with Pro and Enterprise editions of Windows 10.

Reacting to a recently discovered security hole in hardware-based encryption in solid state drives, Microsoft recommends that if you’re using BitLocker to protect a solid-state drive, you switch ...

Both Windows Vista and Mac OS X can encrypt files and protect them from the prying eyes of thieves and snoops. Vista's new BitLocker feature and Mac OS X's FileVault are especially useful to those ...

Have you tried turning it off and on again?" Now Microsoft has offered the same advice to users of the BitLocker full disk encryption feature in Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise versions.

Another way to access BitLocker is to press the Windows-W key combination, search for BitLocker, and choose the BitLocker Drive Encryption utility listed in the results under Settings.