![]() When you connect the USB drive to a Windows 7 computer, you are prompted for the password, and upon entering it you can read and write to the drive as you normally would.ĭuring the encryption process, Windows 7 installs a special reader on the USB drive. Without the password, the USB drive is worthless. How it worksīasically, BitLocker To Go allows you to encrypt a USB drive and restrict access with a password. This blog post is also available in PDF format as a free TechRepublic download and as a TechRepublic Photo Gallery. In this edition of the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Report, I’ll introduce you to BitLocker To Go and show you how it works on a 1GB USB thumb drive. To protect sensitive data stored on USB drives, Microsoft Windows 7 features the encryption scheme called BitLocker To Go. ![]() ![]() With the huge increase in the use of very small, large capacity, USB drives, the potential for sensitive data to be lost or stolen has really become more of a problem because it is much easier to lose or steal a device no bigger than a package of chewing gum. When Microsoft introduced Windows Vista, one of the big security features in that operating system was BitLocker, a hard drive encryption scheme designed to protect sensitive data from being accessed on lost or stolen computers - mainly laptops. Greg Shultz thought we should revisit the topic because encryption is generally underutilized. This blog post was originally published in May 2009. Greg Shultz explores the Windows 7 version of BitLocker To Go and shows you how it works on a USB thumb flash drive. ![]() Secure your USB drives with BitLocker To Go for Windows 7
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