Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can ...

USB drives, external HDDs, and memory cards—remains the go-to for transferring and backing up data. But these devices are also among the easies ...

How to encrypt PCs and USB drives in Windows Home edition Since device encryption and BitLocker are not available on Windows Home editions, most Windows users will need a third-party encryption ...

To protect an external drive with BitLocker to Go, first connect the drive to a USB port and wait for Windows to recognize it and assign a drive letter. Switch to Desktop mode, open File Explorer ...

Enterprises with many Windows devices might struggle to know which have BitLocker enabled or where to find BitLocker recovery keys. These techniques can help.

Then browse the hierarchical menu structure, moving from Open Computer Configuration to Administrative Templates to Windows Components to BitLocker Drive Encryption to Operating System Drives.

The BitLocker encryption method and Cipher strength you set as default is only applied when you turn on BitLocker for a drive. Any changes you make will not affect a drive already encrypted by ...

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.