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Windows 7 offers you an extra, superb way to protect your sensitive and private data by letting you lock and encrypt any drive on your computer. Thanks this trick you will be able to keep out unauthorized, nosy people and hackers from getting important information about you. Let’s see how to achieve this result thanks to a small embeeded utility called BitLocker
Encryption.
- Click Start.
- Click and open Control Panel.
- Click the BitLocker
Encryption link. - Select the drive to protect, lock and encrypt.
- Tick the option: Use a password to unlock the drive.
- Now, select where to save the recovery key.
- Done!
Tags: trick, Windows 7
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May 16th, 2009
in Windows 7 no use diskpart for BitLocker ?
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September 3rd, 2009
Nice post, thanks for all the useful info.
October 3rd, 2009
by locking the drives by bitlocker does it also protects virus by entering that disk
October 3rd, 2009
Well, I won’t put it like that. It will prevent human people from entering the hard disk but viruses are another matter. As a general rule of thumb you should always backup your data.
January 3rd, 2010
i can’t find bitlocker.Is this available in windows 7 Home Pre??
July 16th, 2010
yeah! free is really cool! heheh!
I know there more other free tolls available in windows 7.
December 30th, 2010
more time take drive lock in window 7 . its very boring to lock the drive.
January 24th, 2011
Re: Jake…
i can’t find bitlocker.Is this available Ultimate Edition of windows 7.. Sorry guy. Maybe do a Windows 7 anytime upgrade i think its not to costly if you already have Win7 home, premiem, etc. from 79.99 to 99.99 i believe.
Here a link from Mirosoft on the BitLocker Imput:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/bitlocker.aspx
April 15th, 2011
My windows 7 premium dont have bitlocker what do I do