hello in this video I will develop the
topic of this contraption with BitLocker
this material will help you to secure
your data on hard disks and removable
devices with the help of Windows
built-in tools BitLocker is only
available to users having Windows Vista
or 7 ultimate and enterprise editions or
Windows 8 or 10 Pro and Enterprise
editions the encryption process moves
down to using a special algorithm to
transform data into a format that can be
accessed by the owner only in order to
enable BitLocker encryption open control
panel get look at Drive encryption you
can also encrypt a hard disk or USB
drive by right-clicking on the necessary
drive in the folder of this PC I am
choosing the element turn on BitLocker
if this option does not appear in the
list then it means that you are using an
operating system without BitLocker
support in the opening BitLocker Drive
Encryption window you will see all
removable and non removable data storage
devices connected to this PC there are
two encryption types available for
logical partitions it allows encrypting
any built-in non removable disks system
or not when the computer is turned on
the loader starts windows from the
system reserved partition and suggest
choosing a method to unlock for example
using a password after that BitLocker
equips the disk and starts windows the
encryption decryption process is on the
go and you can work with the computer in
the same way as before encryption was
enabled you can also encrypt other disks
in their computer as well it is
available not only for the disk with the
operating system you will have to enter
a password when you address such disks
for the first time the other type is for
encrypting removable or external devices
external media such as USB drives and
external hard disks can be encrypted
with BitLocker to go you'll be suggested
to enter a password to unlock the media
when you connect it to the computer user
to have no password would be able to
access files stored in such medium let's
enable BitLocker in for this d turn on
BitLocker in the window that happens you
have to select how turn on the disk
there are two options use a password or
use a smart card to unlock the disk
smart cards are often used in large
companies to unlock drawers this method
requires having a smart card and a
special reader device after I check the
box next to the password setting option
the fields to enter the password become
active and Rick Timaeus and then click
Next remember that it should be at least
8 characters long the next step in
enabling BitLocker is to setup and
backup Eric Eric in case the main
password is lost before encrypting the
disk that BitLocker will give you a
recovery key this key will decrypt an
encrypted disk if the password is lost
or entered incorrectly several times and
in all other cases when there is no
password or the system won't recognize
it you can save the key to a file print
it and keep with other important
documents or upload it to your Microsoft
account if you say you recover a key to
your Microsoft account you'll be able to
access it later by following this link
one dr dot live.com / / color key you
can find it in the description make sure
you are going to keep this key in a safe
place if anyone gets it they will be
able to decrypt the disk and get access
to your files it is reasonable to have
several copies of the key and keep them
in different places if you have no key
and something happens to your main
unlock method your encrypted files will
be lost forever
I choose saved in a file to demonstrate
it I save the recovery key to desktop
but I don't recommend doing that save
yes
you can check it once if the files if
the file is in the director always saved
it here is the key file the recovery key
contains 48 characters here it is after
BitLocker is turned on it will
automatically encrypt new files as they
are created or modified but you can
choose what to do with the file that
already exists on your hard disk you can
encrypt used space only or encrypt the
entire Drive encrypting the entire Drive
takes much longer but it will protect
you against recovering deleted files if
you are setting up BitLocker on a new
computer then encrypt used space only it
will be faster I choose encrypt entire
Drive next beginning will build 1511
Windows 10 features a new encryption
mode X tcas this encryption method
provides additional integrity support
but it is incompatible with earlier
versions of Windows in my case the
internal hard disk is encrypted so I
choose new encryption mode if it was an
external disk or a USB Drive I would
recommend going for compatible mount
Windows 7 and 8 and earlier the Windows
10 one tell this item next start
encrypting the encryption process starts
you can use the computer where the floor
process is running but it will make it
slower in the system tray the BitLocker
icon appears and so click on it to see
the progress of encryptions
after the disk is encrypted there will
be a special icon shown on the disk in
Windows Explorer when trying to access
the disk and its data you will need to
enter a password to unlock it if you
forgot the password you can enter the
recovery key here if you check the box
next to turn on or to unlock well then
the disk will unlock every time you
reconnect it to this computer but it
applies more to removable media
after the disk is unlocked all files it
contains will be available for use the
disk will be locked again only after the
computer is shut down or restarted the
menu manage BitLocker will also become
available for the encrypted disk in
order to cut there right-click on the
encrypted disk and choose manage
BitLocker to go to control panel this is
where you can backup recovery key create
another company change password remove
password add smart card turn on auto
unlock or turn off BitLocker remember
that if you forgot the password to you
encrypted disk and the recover key is
lost you cannot get access to date in
such discs that is why you should keep
your recovery key in a very safe place
if you want to use such disk later it
can be formatted formatting will destroy
all data on the disk but you will be
able to access and use it again
accidentally deleted files the data lost
as a result of encrypting the disk use
BitLocker still can be restored with
headsman partitioning gallery however
you should unlock the disk before
scanning with all the unlocking password
all data remains encrypted and can be
restored to do it double click on the
disk in the Explorer window and enter
the password as Windows uses the only go
encryption principle the recovery
process will be no different from
working with any other disk which our
videos to learn how to restore data from
a hard disk or removable media will
headsman partition recovery use the
links in the descriptions of this video
if you no longer need to encrypt your
data just turn off BitLocker and the
disc will be decrypted to do it
go to manage BitLocker go to the
encrypted disk select turn out BitLocker
click turn off fit Locker again to
confirm your choice decryption is run
the decryption is over now the disk icon
is back to standard and you can use this
disk without having to enter a password
or account key that is all for now in
our next videos we will have a closer
look at BitLocker settings find out what
TPM is and how to setup and use
BitLocker on a computer without TPM if
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