#Bitlocker download for windows 8 update

#Bitlocker download for windows 8 update

'When my system was originally Windows 8.1 I encrypted the C: drive for a while but unecrypted it prior to the Windows 10 Home update and then discovered BitLocker was no longer supported.'īitLocker is not available in the Home versions of Windows 8/8.1 or 10 - if you had it with win8.1, maybe you upgraded to the wrong version of win10, home rather than pro? Thanks, M3 Data Recovery & GOTD, for this utility to partially restore the BitLocker encryption capability to my PC. I don't travel anymore, so it is not as important that my notebook be encrypted however, this may prove useful in the future for transportable external drives.) (Keep in mind that, at this time, I have not yet clicked on that 'Encrypt' button to see what would happen as I don't want my machine to be tied up for hours while it encrypts, if indeed it can at all. I would think that their presentation should not be showing an 'Encrypt' button beside the C: drive if Windows 10 Home does not support it.

No, encrypting system partition requires your computer has TPM (Trusted Platform Modules), so current version doesn't support it.'

'Can I encrypt system partition (C drive) with M3 Bitlocker Loader for Windows? For my machine this displayed my two drives C: and D: and an 'Encrypt' button for each. When launched, as previously described, a simple list is presented. When my system was originally Windows 8.1 I encrypted the C: drive for a while but unecrypted it prior to the Windows 10 Home update and then discovered BitLocker was no longer supported.