For starters, Bitlocker is a native disk encryption program on Windows that protects your data from third-party access. The program experienced major changes when Windows 10 launched, chief of which is Encrypt-On-Write. This conversion mechanism works to encrypt all writes made to the disk once you enable Bitlocker on your system. Encrypt-On-Write does not apply to removable drives, however.
Encrypt-On-Write slows down BitLocker on Windows 10
So why does Encrypt-On-Write slow down Bitlocker on Windows 10? Sinha offers the following explanation: Microsoft, nonetheless, vows significant improvement in Windows 10 Bitlocker encryption time once the Creators Update rolls out in April this year. However, encryption time will still depend on your hardware and machine workload.
Regardless of the version of Windows used, without Bitlocker enabled and the drive fully encrypted, you could not guarantee that data wasn’t already compromised or stolen. Therefore, those serious about any such compliance claims would have to wait for the older BitLocker conversion process to reach 100% before placing any sensitive data on drive. This means possibly waiting a long time if the drive is large. With the new method, they could safely copy sensitive data as soon as BitLocker is enabled and the volume is in the encrypting state.
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