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BitLocker Drive Encryption

BitLocker Drive Encryption can be used to encrypt the operating system drive, internal hard drives, and removable drives like external hard drives and USBs. When files are added to an encrypted drive, BitLocker automatically encrypts them. Encrypted files can be accessed normally by authorized users when stored or shared from the encrypted drive, but are decrypted when copied elsewhere. Hardware requirements for encrypting data drives include having at least 64MB of available memory and formatting the drive with exFAT, FAT16, FAT32 or NTFS. Turning on BitLocker involves following a setup wizard to provide a password of 8+ characters and saving the recovery key.

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BitLocker Drive Encryption

BitLocker Drive Encryption can be used to encrypt the operating system drive, internal hard drives, and removable drives like external hard drives and USBs. When files are added to an encrypted drive, BitLocker automatically encrypts them. Encrypted files can be accessed normally by authorized users when stored or shared from the encrypted drive, but are decrypted when copied elsewhere. Hardware requirements for encrypting data drives include having at least 64MB of available memory and formatting the drive with exFAT, FAT16, FAT32 or NTFS. Turning on BitLocker involves following a setup wizard to provide a password of 8+ characters and saving the recovery key.

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You can use BitLocker Drive Encryption(Encryption is a way to enhance the

security of a message or file by scrambling the contents so that it can be read only by someone who has
the right encryption key to unscramble it. For example, if you purchase something from a website, the
information for the transaction (such as your address, phone number, and credit card number) is usually
encrypted to help keep it safe. Use encryption when you want a strong level of protection for your
information.) to help protect all files stored on the drive Windows is installed on (operating system
drive) and on fixed data drives (such as internal hard drives). Your can use BitLocker To Go to help
protect all files stored on removable data drives (such as external hard drives or USB flash drives).

When you add new files to a drive that is encrypted with BitLocker, BitLocker encrypts them
automatically. Files remain encrypted only while they are stored in the encrypted drive. Files copied to
another drive or computer are decrypted. If you share files with other users, such as through a network,
these files are encrypted while stored on the encrypted drive, but they can be accessed normally by
authorized users.

You can turn off BitLocker at any time, either temporarily by suspending it, or permanently by
decrypting the drive.

 Hardware requirements for data drives


You can use BitLocker to encrypt fixed data drives (such as internal hard drives) and you can use
BitLocker To Go to encrypt removable data drives (such as external hard drives and USB flash drives).
To encrypt a data drive, it must be formatted using either the exFAT, FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS file
system and must have at least 64 MB of available memory.

To turn on BitLocker

1. Log in with administrator account  Open Control Panelopen Here


we can See a window which shows the status of the drives whether the bit locker is ON/OFF we
can manage according to our requirements. Then Click Turn On BitLocker. This opens the
BitLocker setup wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard. Provide password to unlock the
drive (minimum of 8 characters)  select save recovery key to an file give a location
anywhere then click on Start Encrypting option. It will take some time to appear close option

after completion process 100%.After completion drive appear as .

2. Now we can manage BitLocker Drive Encryption by right click on the BitLocker on Drive.
Here we can change password to unlock this drive. Remove password from this drive or
automatically unlock this drive on this computer.

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