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How to Encrypt An External Drive with BitLocker

If you store a lot of important and personal data on external drive, it is important to encrypt it. Here’s how to do it using BitLocker.

Here’s the solution to the BitLocker Waiting for Activation error message and icon in the File Explorer and Control Panel.

Here are a couple of methods you can use to check if BitLocker is enabled on your computer or on specific drives.

Want to secure the data in a folder? You can use BitLocker to password protect a folder in Windows. Here is how to do it in simple steps.

Is your BitLocker password easy to guess or already compromised? Here is how to change the BitLocker password in just a few steps.

There is no need to unlock a BitLocker drive manually. Here is how to configure Windows to auto-unlock the BitLocker drive.

Storing the BitLocker key safe is important. Here’re the steps to backup BitLocker recovery key from control panel and PowerShell command.

Windows 11 has built-in Device Encryption to protect your system. Here is how to turn on or turn off Device Encryption in Windows 11.

You can use a batch script, NTFS encryption, or BitLocker to lock folder in Windows 10 & 11. Here’s how to lock folder in Windows 10 & 11.

Wondering why there is a padlock icon on your drives in the File Explorer? Here is what it is and how to remove lock icon from drives.

If the BitLocker encryption is causing unnecessary problems, follow these steps to turn off, remove, or disable BitLocker in Windows 10.

Forgot BitLocker password? Here’s how you can use the recovery key to recover BitLocker encrypted drive and reset the BitLocker password.