BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately ...

This has been bugging me for weeks, i tried ignoring it from the back of my mind but i just cant make at peace with it. Why? cuz all my significant data are in my 320GB which is now inaccessible ...

Microsoft's BitLocker now uses AES encryption, but will default to the storage device's hardware encryption unless you make this setting, which will also allow you to easily sanitize drives. Years ago ...