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.