Using BitLocker Drive Encryption
To prevent individuals from stealing your computer and viewing personal and sensitive data found on your hard disk, some editions of Windows come with a new feature called BitLocker Drive Encryption. BitLocker encrypts the entire system drive. New files added to this drive are encrypted automatically, and files moved from this drive to another drive or computers are decrypted automatically.
Only Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 include BitLocker Drive Encryption and only the operating system drive (usually C:) or internal hard drives can be encrypted with BitLocker. Files on other types of drives must be encrypted using BitLocker To Go. BitLocker To Go allows ...
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