45 percent slower: Microsoft activates the system brake

Microsoft’s default setting usually ensures security in the system. But the tool has recently slowed down SSD drives significantly.

Nowadays, Solid State Drives (SSDs) have become almost mandatory for a powerful computer. The tremendous speed compared to a hard drive helps greatly when loading programs, games, and other services running in the background.

But the Standard setting in Windows 11 Pro is currently causing a significant loss in speed of your SSD. Because BitLocker is already a security-relevant tool Currently it makes your SSD run up to 45 percent slower. What is the reason behind this and what you can do about it.

SSD with BitLocker: This is why it becomes slower

While Bitlocker can still be deactivated in the regular Windows 11 edition, it is automatically activated in the Pro edition.

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BitLocker is an important encryption tool for Windows. It is automatically activated in Windows 11 Pro and forces the processor to encrypt and decrypt everything.

This also takes Huge impact on SSD It makes them work significantly slowersince many SSD drives already have and use built-in hardware encryption.

There is an official way to deactivate BitLocker not now. PCs previously configured with Windows 11 Pro will almost certainly already have the tool installed.

However, there are still many applications that can, at best, boost your system’s performance. For example, the free tools Wise Care 365 and TweakPower have useful functions for getting the most out of your Windows PC.