[WindowsCentral.com]

While the release of Windows Vista was plagued with burden and its legacy was remembered as such, one excellent feature to rise out of the wreckage has served its way through Windows 7 up to current day Windows 8 operating systems. The feature that we are referring to is, of course, Microsofts BitLocker Drive Encryption full disk encryption at the click of a button.
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