One BIOS update stands between you and a drive you can no longer access ...

Another Windows update, another glitch. Rolling out this past Patch Tuesday, Microsoft's July update has created a hiccup for some Windows users who secure their PCs through BitLocker. Affecting ...

In early 2025, Forbes reports, investigators at the FBI served Microsoft with a warrant seeking the BitLocker encryption recovery keys for several laptops it believed held evidence of fraud in Guam’s ...

BitLocker is a useful security feature for modern Windows installations that helps protect your files and data from prying eyes. But if you made major changes to your PC, or an administrator has ...

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the drive.

Facepalm: Windows users who have encrypted their PCs with BitLocker might have trouble rebooting after installing a July OS update. Microsoft instructs those impacted to refer to the standard ...