A built-in option with Windows 11 is to password-protect your hard drive. This is a great way to keep yourself protected, writes George Cox.

BitLocker also integrates with TPM (Trusted Platform Module), a hardware component built into modern computers for preserving encryption keys and safeguarding against hard drive tampering.

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.

Learn how to update BitLocker password on protected drive in Windows 11/10 PC. Change PIN using Control Panel, Command Prompt, and PowerShell.

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 ...

You can set up BitLocker to secure your data with encryption whether you have Windows 11 Pro or Home, and in this guide, we’ll show you how.

If you have a device with sensitive files, use this guide to use BitLocker encryption to add an extra layer of security to Windows 10.

You can create a desktop shortcut to open the BitLocker Drive Encryption panel in Windows, for easy and quick access to manage the feature across your PC.

Here's how to use Windows's built-in BitLocker feature to encrypt your entire hard drive.