How to Enable and Use BitLocker in Windows Vista and Windows 7
BitLocker is a security feature that will protect your data by putting a very strong password in to your hard disk. This feature is a very good protection just in case your laptop got stolen or falls into the wrong hands. The computer will ask for the password that you set on the disk that you will be protecting every time that disk needs to be accessed. BitLocker is available on Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, Enterprise Edition and Windows 7. You can also use BitLocker to protect your removable storage such USB thumb drives provided that your Windows Vista is updated to Service Pack 1.
Turning BitLocker On
1. Click Start, click Control Panel and click System and Security.
2. Click on BitLocker Drive Encryption and on the next window click Turn On BitLocker of the drive you want to encrypt.
3. On the next window just choose Use a password to unlock the drive and type your desire password in the boxes. Please read the requirements for the password. Once done click Next.
4. Choose the recommended option which is to Save the recovery key as a file and print it later. Click Next after saving.
5. Click Start Encrypting.
6. Once it is finished click Close and restart the computer for the encryption to take effect.
Important note
BitLocker is designed to prevent unauthorized people from accessing your files and programs but, unless you’re careful, it can prevent you from accessing it as well. Take good care of your recovery password. If you lose it, the data you protected with BitLocker will be permanently inaccessible.
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