Use the functions that come with Win7 to encrypt the U disk

The compact U disk is the preferred mobile storage device for many friends, but because of its small size, the U disk is also very easy to lose, and important data and information stored therein may also be leaked. Although the encryption software can be used for protection, it is more

The small U disk is the preferred mobile storage device for many friends, but because of its small size, the U disk is also very easy to lose, and the important data and information stored therein are also very It may be leaked as a result. Although the use of encryption software can play a protective role, it is more troublesome. This problem has also plagued the author for a long time. Since I started using Windows 7, I found that a function that comes with Win7 can encrypt our U disk.

Friends who are familiar with Vista systems should know that BitLocker security features are available in this system, while Windows 7 BitLocker is more powerful and does not require users to modify group policies. Such complicated settings can be used by logging in to the Windows 7 system as an administrator. After inserting the USB flash drive, right click on the USB flash drive in “Computer" and select “ Enable BitLocker” from the popup menu.

Enable BitLocker

will pop up a & ldquo; BitLocker Drive Encryption & rdquo; Wizard The You need to choose the way to unlock the drive. Xiaobian recommends that you choose “Use password to unlock the drive”. After entering the password twice in succession (the password is at least 8 characters), click “Next”.

choose to use a password to unlock the drive

In order to prevent the password is forgotten, BitLocker will create a The recovery key is saved to another drive or printed. If you choose to save the key, you will get a text file with the file name <BitLocker recovery key ***.txt”.

generates a file name & ldquo; BitLocker recovery key *** txt & rdquo;. a text file.

Finally, click & ldquo; start encryption & rdquo;, BitLocker start your U disk encryption, the time required for this process will be encrypted U disk storage capacity and file Size determines. After

encryption is complete, go back to the list of drives you can see our U disk has been & ldquo; locked & rdquo; up! After inserting the USB flash drive into the computer in the future, a prompt box of “BitLocker Drive Encryption” will pop up first, and the USB flash drive can be used normally only after the password is correctly entered.

Click to start encryption and the setup is complete

Inserting XP with BitLocker encryption under Win 7 When the system is in the computer, it can also be protected by BitLocker encryption. Unlike Win 7, you can open the USB flash drive under XP, but the files inside need to input the password correctly to "BitLocker To Go Reader". Open, so friends who do not have Win 7 do not have to worry about not being able to use the encrypted U disk.