BitLocker is enabled by default in Windows 11 Pro or higher editions, and a more limited version is also available in Windows 11 Home. But if you want to set up BitLocker in the best way possible ...

If you cannot access your hard drive due to The drive protected by BitLocker is already unlocked error, use these proven fixes.

If you see For your security, some settings are managed by your system administrator message when using BitLocker, then use these fixes.

Our machines are running Win 7 Pro right now, so we’re planning on doing a wipe and load a win 7 enterprise image, and then we’ll have a bitlocker setup script run on first boot.

BitLocker setup is pretty easy–but surprising in some aspects. For one, it wanted to default direct to an encrypted partition. Not just an encrypted folder or set of folders.

Encryption is an added level of security for you PC. Here are the pros and cons of Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool BitLocker.