After reports of widespread flaws in hardware-based SSD encryption, Microsoft has pushed out an update that defaults BitLocker protection to software-based AES encryption.

Tom's Hardware has found that the default software-based BitLocker encryption (XTS-AES 128, where XTX stands for XEX Tweakable Block Cipher with Ciphertext Stealing and AES is Advanced Encryption ...

How to force BitLocker’s Software encryption Microsoft says that while BitLocker relies on a drive’s hardware encryption by default, it is possible to force a drive to use BitLocker’s ...

Long story short: I found out that Bitlocker now acutally supports Preboot-Authentification with a long password without TPM or the need for a USB-Key and ended up using that + Softwareencryption.

If the drive doesn’t have hardware self-encryption (or you’re using Win7 or 8.1), BitLocker implements software encryption, which is less efficient, but still enforces password protection.

Microsoft has released a tool to law enforcement that helps get around the encryption provided by the company’s own BitLocker software, distributed in Windows Vista. PC World has an extensive ...

According to extensive tests run by the fine folks at Tom’s Hardware, Windows 11’s BitLocker software encryption slows down performance on Windows 11 Pro computers, costing an insane amount of ...

Basically, I'm curious to know how much in battery life and/or other performance improvement is the move from software to hardware bitlocker. Any experiences? Thoughts? Longer version: Whole disk ...

Fix A problem occurred during BitLocker setup, error code 0x8004259a, 0x80072ee7, 0x80042574, etc, on a Windows 11/10 computer.