How to encrypt U disk in win7

Small U disk is the preferred mobile storage device for many friends, but because it is small, it is easy to lose. Important files in U disk may be leaked. It is too troublesome to use encryption software. Is there any? A better way? Xiaobian teaches you how to encrypt the u disk under win7.
1. After inserting the USB flash drive, right click on the USB flash drive in the “Computer” and select “Enable “Bitlocker” in the pop-up menu. A <Bitlocker" drive encryption> wizard will pop up.
2, in the "Bitlocker" drive encryption, please select the way to unlock the drive. For example, use a password to unlock the drive. Enter the password twice, the password is at least 8 characters, and then click Next.
Tip: In order to prevent the password from being forgotten, Bitlocker will let you create a recovery key and save it to other drives. Select Save to get a file named “Bitlocker Recovery Key ***.txt”.
3, click “ start encryption & rdquo; Bitlocker began to encrypt your U disk, the encryption time depends on the capacity of the U disk and the size of the storage file.
Tip: Bitlocker is also effective under Windows XP. The difference is that you can open the USB flash drive, but the files inside need a password to open.