How to Determine If Your Hard Disk Is Encrypted with BitLocker
Learn how to identify whether your hard disk is encrypted using BitLocker, ensuring your data's security without your immediate awareness.
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⚜️ Your hard disk could be BitLocker encrypted without your knowledge.
⚜️ Is your hard disk encrypted?
Your computer’s hard drive might be encrypted with BitLocker without you knowing it. In Windows Pro, you’ll see a padlock icon. In Windows Home, check “Device encryption” under Privacy & security settings. Make sure you can access your recovery key at aka.ms/myrecoverykey, or you could lose everything!
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0:00 Is My Hard Disk BitLocker-Encrypted?
0:30 Start with Windows Pro
1:10 Checking Windows Home
2:00 Encryption set up by default
3:45 Getting the recovery key
5:20 Turn off device encryption
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