I got a new laptop with Windows 11 Home. My classmate told me there is no BitLocker on Windows 11 Home, which can be used to encrypt the USB flash drive or external hard drive. Does Windows 11 Home have BitLocker encryption? If I want to enable BitLocker on external drive, how to do?
It is right that Windows 11 Home does not come with BitLocker encryption. But Windows 11 Home users can access the BitLocker encrypted drive with password. If you want to encrypt the USB flash drive or externa hard drive, 2 workable solutions are listed here.
BitLocker feature is available in Windows 11 Pro and Windows 11 Enterprise Editions. If you want to encrypt the external drive with the built-in BitLocker encryption, you can upgrade the Windows 11 Home Edition to Pro or Enterprise edition. You can get the Pro or Enterprise version in the Microsoft Store.
You may indeed need a third-party encryption software to manage BitLocker on your Windows 11 Home PC. iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows can help you turn on BitLocker on the connected external hard drive or flash drive within clicks. It is extremely easy for you to enable BitLocker on Windows 11 Home with the help of this software.
Step 1Connect the external drive to your PC. Download and install iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows on your PC.
Step 2Run the software and select your target drive to right-click. Choose Turn on BitLocker from the menu.
Step 3Set the BitLocker password and confirm it. After that, click Save to file button to choose a folder to store the BitLocker recovery key file.
Step 4Define whether to encrypt only the used space or not. Finally, hit the Encrypt button to start the process. After minutes, you can get the successful prompt.
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