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.

Hence, it is not suggested to disable BitLocker encryption if your device supports BitLocker. However, it may become a headache if you do not have the recovery key. Therefore, before enabling ...

Use your mouse to highlight the entire BitLocker recovery key, then press "Ctrl-C" to copy the recovery key to the Windows clipboard. Close the key file and Notepad.

July updates trigger Bitlocker key request As a result, users are faced with a screen that requires them to enter the Bitlocker recovery key from their Microsoft account.

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.

I've got about 500 laptops here on BitLocker, having switched from Symantec PGP. It's not labor-intensive at all to escrow the TPM and BitLocker recovery keys in AD as you can make that part ...

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 ...

If you see This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup, enable WinRE, tweak Group Policy, verify TPM, recreate the recovery partition, etc.