This post will show you how to Turn On or Off BitLocker to encrypt or decrypt fixed and removable data drives in Windows 11/10.

Open the Windows search bar, type "BitLocker," click on Manage BitLocker and open it. Find your removable drive under Removable data drives – BitLocker To Go and select it.

BitLocker recovery key saved my PC after an update locked me out. Here’s how I used the recovery key from my Microsoft account to unlock encrypted drives.

Windows also denies access to BitLocker encrypted drives or folders if you forget the password. To recover data encrypted in Windows, you must use the certificate or key you created when setting ...

However, you can unlock encrypted removable drives on any version of Windows 7 through 10. BitLocker is not available in Windows XP or Vista, but you can use the BitLocker To Go Reader to view content ...