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If you plan to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 (when it releases) or use encryption features like BitLocker, you need to make sure that the device has a TPM chip, and here are a few ways to find out.
A trusted platform module (TPM) is a security chip embedded in modern systems that provides a hardware-based tamper-resistant environment to generate, store, and protect encryption keys. On Windows 10, you would typically need this module to use features like BitLocker to encrypt and decrypt the hard drive, but it's not a requirement to install the operating system. However, this is changing with Windows 11.
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