If you're running Windows, you've probably run into the BitLocker Recovery screen at some point. Here's everything you need to know about the Microsoft program.

Last time I covered an introduction to BitLocker, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and what TPM does to assist in keeping your system secure. This time I'm writing about the most important aspect of ...

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

How do I get Recovery Key for BitLocker? If you enable BitLocker on your system drive (s), it is necessary to have the Recovery key.

The only way to test that is to turn off the TPM once the drive is encrypted and see which recovery key is accepted, then turn it on again. You should keep both keys on record as a precaution.

The advantage of the Safe Mode option is that you may be able to recover a BitLocker-enabled PC without the necessary BitLocker recovery keys.

To combat that, device encryption stores a recovery key. For domain accounts, the recovery key is stored in Active Directory, but in the common consumer case, using a Microsoft account, it is ...

Worried about Microsoft's full disk encryption? You probably don't need to be -- and there are ways to stop the program from uploading your recovery key to the cloud.

Another way to access BitLocker is to press the Windows-W key combination, search for BitLocker, and choose the BitLocker Drive Encryption utility listed in the results under Settings.