looking for encryption software

[Silent_arrow]

i am searching for a way to encrypt my desktop drives so that if someone took them out they couldn't just hook them up to a sata to usb adapter and read my data. i am on windows 10 any help is appreciated. 

[ShadySocks]

bitlocker is microsoft's solution and built into windows 10 pro

[Silent_arrow]

but can it do entire drive encryption without major slowdowns

or problems

[ShadySocks]

https://alternativeto.net/software/windows-bitlocker/

[ShadySocks]

Just now, Silent_arrow said:

but can it do entire drive encryption without major slowdowns

or problems

It should not be noticeable

[Silent_arrow]

thx

 

[jackar]

VeraCrypt. Thank me later

[Silent_arrow]

@jackartheir website is so sketch like something i was making in my fist semester of coding class but ill try it

 

[Silent_arrow]

@jackarthere are a lot of reviews online with people saying they lost their data because of it and that it has a lot of bugs have you had any problems with it

 

[jackar]

13 minutes ago, Silent_arrow said:

@jackarthere are a lot of reviews online with people saying they lost their data because of it and that it has a lot of bugs have you had any problems with it

 

Sound like you need a full drive encryption, not just folders, so I'll formulate my reply around that:

Ran it for years for full drive encryptions (including bootloader and MBR headers). Never had a problem. It's CRUCIAL however, that you study the guide front-to-back and look up any things you don't understand there (they explain everything in their docs) so that you have an idea what it is, how it works, how to decrypt it, how to decrypt it when you pull out the drive and attach it elsewhere, create failsafe decryption CD etc, what do the options mean, which to choose, what settings to use - you get the idea.

Just make sure you know what each setting is, how to configure it properly etc.

I never experienced a bug with it in my ~5 years of use, but I don't know if any BSOD could have been caused by it. Maybe, but it had no effect, no corruptions whatsoever. If you use multiple HDD you will need to manually select which one to boot from (since MBR are encrypted and BIOS has no idea anything exists there), but you can opt out of encrypting MBR.

Go for stable release build (some are even checked by paid security audits), RTFM, RTFM again and then RTFM some more & just let it do it's thing. Also, if you can't afford to lose data - back it up.

 

If you just need to obfuscate the data and aren't worried about alien military/fbi ops/foreign spies/drug cartels/extortion/hide darknet CP/crazy GF - then BitLocker will probably do (albeit with performance and lifetime hit).