What it does is allow files to be encrypted on NTFS partitions to protect confidential data and it should also be noted that EFS is incompatible with compression of folders.
This feature was introduced from NTFS version 3.0 and we saw it for the first time in Windows 2000.
Now we are going to get to know these two forms of encryption in Windows that we have available.ĮFS stands for Encrypting File System, which when translated means file encryption system. The other is BitLocker, and it is software capable of encrypting an entire drive to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the data it contains. One is EFS, an encryption system that can encrypt both individual files and folders within the hard drive. The latest Microsoft operating systems such as Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 and Windows Server 2008 onwards have two different types of encryption.
