How to Check BitLocker Drive Encryption Status for Drive in Windows 10?

BitLocker (codenamed Cornerstone and formerly known as Secure Startup) is a full disk encryption feature included with select editions of Windows Vista and later. BitLocker can encrypt the drive in which your Windows operarting system is installed and also fixed data drives (such as internal hard drives). Bitlocker can encrypt your external flash drives and protect them as well. If you want to check the status of BitLocker Encryption for all the drives of your computer, you can do that with some simple Command prompt commands. If you want to check the status of a specific drive, you can do that also. The following tutorial will help you check Bitlocker drive encryption status.

Steps to Check BitLocker Drive Encryption Status for Drive in Windows 10

1. If you want to check status of BitLocker in Command Prompt, then right click on Start Button and go to Command Prompt (admin).

2. Now type the following command and hit Enter depending on the type of result you want.

For getting information on all drives, type
manage-bde -status

3. If you want to check the status of a specific drive, type

manage-bde -status :

Replace by the actual drive letter.

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