Step by step, fast encryption of the flash drive

        Back in the Windows Vista era, the operating system already provided a security feature called BitLocker, but it was only used in the enterprise and flagship versions. Windows 7's BitLocker is more powerful, and users don't need to make any additional settings (such as modifying Group Policy). As long as the administrator login system, will require an encrypted flash drive is properly connected to the computer, open the "Computer" window, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Right-click the flash drive, from the shortcut menu Select "Enable BitLocker", and the "BitLocker Drive Encryption" wizard will pop up. Please select the unlock mode as needed. It is recommended to select "Use password to unlock the drive", enter the password twice in succession, and click the "Next" button to continue.

Step 2: You can choose to save the recovery key to a file (so as not to forget their own), or you can print out the recovery key, if you choose the former, we will get a file name similar to "BitLocker recovery secret The text file of key 0B374660-8D1D-4B3F-B96E-6CF027DDA9E5.txt", click the "Next" button to continue.

Step 3: After entering the next window, click "start encryption" button, Windows7 will officially begin to flash disk encryption, encryption time depends on the capacity and the file capacity flash drive, wait a moment Encryption is complete.

now, we will find that this letter has been encrypted flash drive device has undergone some changes here will become a padlock icon, which represents the files on the flash drive has been successfully encrypted, which The data is secured. When

need, we need to double-click the drive letter will pop up a dialog box, enter the correct password to unlock the "type the password to unlock the drive" text box, click the bottom right corner of the "unlock" Button, then you can perform normal file read and write operations. If you don't want to enter your password every time you use an encrypted flash drive, you can check the "Automatically unlock on this computer from now on" checkbox when entering your password. You can use this encrypted directly on this computer later. Flash drive, of course, if you use it on other computers, you still need to enter the correct password.

or if it is in WindowsVista WindowsXP operating system, the same can be used in Windows7 encrypted flash drive, flash disk drive lock icon will also appear, but each time you use need to right click and select " BitLockerToGoReader", then enter the correct password to unlock. However, in a Windows Vista or Windows XP system, a flash disk that has been processed by "BitLocker" under Windows 7 can only perform limited operations including viewing and copying after decryption, and cannot perform a write operation, mainly considering security. Sexual reasons.

If you need to cancel the BitLocker encryption, you must still enter Windows7 operating system, go to Control Panel, select "System and Security → BitLocker Drive Encryption", has been found BitLocker-encrypted flash drive, click on the right The "Turn off BitLocker" button, click the "Decrypt Drive" button, then follow the prompts to turn off the encryption function, and interested friends can give it a try.