Tuesday, September 27

BIT LOCKER ENCRYPTION PORTABLE MEDIA IN WINDOWS 7



  • THIS DRIVE ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE IS ONLY FOR ULTIMATE & ENTERPRISE EDITION FOR WINDOWS 7. BUT STILL YOUR SYSTEM REQUIRES TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE (TPM) FOR ENCRYPTION.
  • IN THIS ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO ENCRYPT YOUR PORTABLE MEDIA LIKE PEN DRIVE USING BIT LOCKER.
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    • Plug your thumb drive into a USB port.
    • Click the Start button, type BitLocker, and click on BitLocker Drive Encryption.

    • Next to your thumb drive, click Turn on BitLocker.

    • If your thumb drive is compatible, BitLocker will prepare it.

    • Choose a password and click continue.

    • Either save your recovery key (used if you forget your password) or print a copy of it out.

    • If you save the file, ensure it’s stored somewhere safe.

    • Confirm your chosen settings and password and click Start Encrypting.

    • Your drive will now be encrypted, If you have a large thumb drive, this may take a long time.
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    Verifying Your Thumb Drive is Encrypted Properly


    • When protecting your data or anything you own, it is important to ensure the protection actually works. I took my thumb drive out of the Windows Seven machine and put it in a Vista machine. You should do the following too, to ensure your data is protected.
    To verify your data is protected, do the following:
    Put your thumb drive in another PC and try to open the files. You should see a BitLocker setup file, which shows BitLocker is not installed on the computer you’re testing on. If you have BitLocker installed on the machine, you will be prompted for a password (see the next step).

    • If you have BitLocker installed on the PC you are testing on, you will be prompted for your password.
    • Enter your password to get to your data.
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    Removing Bit Locker Encryption

    • Plug your thumb drive into a USB port

    • Click the Start button, type BitLocker, and click on BitLocker Drive Encryption.
    • Next to your thumb drive, click Turn Off BitLocker, and click Decrypt.
    • Your drive is no longer encrypted.







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