Most of us often value our privacy and that of our files. Password protecting our Usb Pendrives and Hard-disk is a very good way of securing your files from people that go through your computer unauthourized.
One of such method of password protecting your Hard-disk or usb pendrive is by using a software called Bitlocker.
Bitlocker allows you password protect both your external and internal memory devices.
How to use Bitlocker
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Bitlocker is Not much known technology
By Windows Which helps you to Password
protect and Encrypt Your Content in Usb
Drives.
Just Follow the below simple
Steps :
Step 1 : Insert Pendrive which you want to
password Protect.
Step 2: Open explorer and Right click on
your Removable drive and Select "Turn
On Bitlocker"
Step 3: After you click on Turn On
bitlocker, Wizard will be open, Check "Use a
password to Unlock the Drive"
Step 4 : Now type In the Password you
want and Click Next.
Step 5: Now you will be asked "How Do
You want to back up Recovery Keys
" Choose From the options
Step 6 : You then have to choose whether
your drive is already in use or if it is new.
Then click next.
Step 7 : Choose how much Of Your Drive
to Encrypt, Entire drive or Just Used Disk
Space.
Step 8 : Atlast Click on Start Encrypting,
Encrypting Process Will start.
Now Whenever you Want to use it, plugin
the encrypted Drive in you Computer it will
give you a notification With it is Bitlocker
Protected, You have to just click on it,
Enter your password and click on Unlock
Button.
Do you know of other ways of encrypting pendrives?
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