Since BitLocker heavily relies on WinRE to handle pre-boot authentication, including the recovery password prompt, if WinRE is disabled, corrupted, or not properly ...

A family member recently came to me with this strange Bitlocker issue on a dual boot laptop that occurred after the motherboard was replaced due to a water spill. The Windows 10 boot and shared data ...

Microsoft has acknowledged an issue affecting Windows 10 customers who have installed the KB4535680 security update that addresses a security feature bypass vulnerability in Secure Boot. Secure Boot ...

October 2025 updates (KB5066835/KB5066791) can force some PCs into BitLocker recovery. Issue hits Intel Modern Standby PCs more; a 48-digit BitLocker recovery key may be required to unlock the drive.

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, ...

BitLocker and Device Encryption are critical tools for protecting a PC’s data from thieves. Here’s everything you need to know about the encryption technologies built into Windows 10 and 11. Data ...

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 drive.

BitLocker security software, created by Microsoft, is based on a next-generation secure computing architecture. It is encrypted for all devices, whether portable or non-portable, to prevent ...

Microsoft is downplaying the severity of a password leakage issue in BitLocker, the full disk encryption feature built into Windows Vista, insisting that a real world attack scenario is "very unlikely ...

Bitdefender has released a decryptor for the 'ShrinkLocker' ransomware strain, which uses Windows' built-in BitLocker drive encryption tool to lock victim's files. Discovered in May 2024 by ...

If you keep confidential or sensitive data on your business computers, security should always be a concern. Some security schemes include Pre-Boot Authentication, a ...