All Discussions > Steam Forums > Steam Discussions > Topic Details
kaplan71 Nov 4, 2020 @ 11:17am
Running Steam on a Windows 10 bit-locker encrypted drive
Hello --

I know there have been discussions about this in previous posts, but with the latest version of Steam and Windows 10 being available in 2020 I thought it would be a good idea to broach this topic again:

Can I run a Steam, and by extension a given game, on a system that has Windows 10 Professional with BitLocker encryption enabled on the hard drive. The system utilizes a solid state drive that contains the operating system, and has sixteen, 16, gigabytes of RAM.
< >
Showing 1-5 of 5 comments
nullable Nov 4, 2020 @ 11:37am 
What prevented you from doing that before? What has changed with updates and availability and 2020 that changes things?
#1
Cathulhu Nov 4, 2020 @ 11:42am 
Steam will work just like any other software as it doesn't even see/notice the drive is encrypted.
Keep in mind you will lose a tiny bit of performance when using an encrypted drive.
#2
kaplan71 Nov 4, 2020 @ 12:41pm 
Hello. --

Thank-you for your replies. What prevented my doing the encryption previously was my system at the time having a platter-based as opposed to a solid state hard drive. Also, newer builds of Windows generally improve upon previous capabilities that were present in the installation although that is not a constant.
#3
Cathulhu Nov 4, 2020 @ 12:43pm 
HDDs can be encrypted as well.
Bitlocker ain't anything new either.
#4
kaplan71 Nov 4, 2020 @ 12:48pm 
That is true. However I thought I should confirm my "i's" were dotted, and my "t's" were crossed.
#5
< >
Showing 1-5 of 5 comments
Per page: 1530 50

All Discussions > Steam Forums > Steam Discussions > Topic Details
Date Posted: Nov 4, 2020 @ 11:17am
Posts: 5
Start a New Discussion

Discussions Rules and Guidelines