BitLocker not only encrypts the Windows drive but also external drives. Encrypting a removable drive, like a USB stick, is quicker and easier than encrypting the main Windows drive.

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 ...

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

If you need a vault for your data, you don't have to resort to buying additional tools. Windows 11 Pro offers everything you need.

run the command to enable the Windows Recovery Environment. If this works, you can enable the BitLocker Drive Encryption later. 2] Create a new Healthy Recovery Partition If the above fix does not ...

Proton just released the Proton Drive end-to-end encrypted cloud storage app for Windows - here's what you need to know.

When you use a new encrypted USB drive for the first time, the drive already has a default device password.

A possible contender to encrypted thumbdrives is Microsoft's enhanced BitLocker encryption function in Windows 7. Called BitLocker To Go, the tool extends BitLocker data protection to flash drives ...