Various versions of Windows include the option to use BitLocker, which is Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool. Here are pros and cons.

Although Bitlocker and VHD are standard Windows tools, you’ll need Windows 11 Pro to encrypt the drive, so make sure you’ve got the right version.

If you have the BitLocker recovery key, you can unlock the BitLocker encrypted hard drive partition through the Control Panel. However, if your Windows OS is corrupted and you cannot boot into ...