Does encrypting ssd add writes to the drive?

I want to encrypt the jpg images and text on a thumb drive to avoid the data falling into wrong hands, a very simple program which I imagine would take each byte in a new version of the file which had been edited, change it via an encryption...

I recently had to travel, and several times had to leave my laptop unattended. This made me realize how vulnerable it was to theft, so I have decided to encrypt the drive, or at least my personal files on the drive. The laptop (a Dell Latitude...

Good day all, I don't even know if this is the correct place to ask this so if anyone has a better place either on this forum or elsewhere I would appreciate it. Basically I know very little about encryption beyond the basics of what it is....

So oh hum i forgot i was encrypting my drive today with bitlocker and i updated my realtek audio drivers,and its asking me to reboot, can I reboot when bitlocker is encrypting or should i just wait till its finished and then reboot its been running...