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with a lot of practical Data Solutions today we're going to talk about BitLocker how does
it work what does it do how can we use it the best way I'm pretty sure these are some of the
questions you're asking yourself right now in short this is a security tool which lets you
encrypt your personal data and protect them from unauthorized access to get to know more about it
in our 360 degree overview keep watching this video Until the End and if you like the idea
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let's start the video with more information about what BitLocker actually is it's also known as
BitLocker drive encryption this is a Windows encryption security feature which allows users
to encrypt all the data on a drive and restrict that information from any unauthorized access
it means BitLocker can also protect your personal files from cyber theft this security becomes more
vulnerable when multiple users log into your system while the data present in the drive is
encrypted only an encryption password or recovery key can unlock it the new upgraded version of
BitLocker supports the new generations of Windows namely Windows 10 and 11 and also Windows Server
2016 and onwards and is also compatible with the education the pro and the Enterprise versions of
the operating system in order this to be utilized there are certain criteria that a user must made
you need trusted platform module 1.2 or later if TPM is already installed you need to start
case art on a USB drive if TPM is installed then a trusted Computing group compliant bios or
UEFI is also needed to confirm a chain of trust for the pre-os startup there also is requirement
for two more partitions of storage drives and the operating system must be installed on a
drive formatted with NTFS file system most current laptops and computers easily meet
these requirements to your surprise BitLocker is actually installed as part of your windows
so the only thing you have to do is to run it in order to do so go to the start menu type BitLocker
you're going to see the manage BitLocker option click open it and after that you can see turn on
BitLocker written in the blue color under the operating system drive when you turn BitLocker
on Windows starts the process of looking into the system settings here you're gonna need to create
a passcode which is important because whenever you access your computer or drive you need to
submit that passcode then select the recovery key settings there is the need to backup your
recovery key for that purpose you need to select save to a file option and save the recovery key to
a removable device you can also use a flash drive in order to save it then you're being asked about
the grade of encryption you can choose any of the available from the disk space only or the
entire drive options and it will take some time if you select to encrypt the entire Drive wait
patiently until the end because in the next step we can run BitLocker system check then
click the continue button at this point restart your computer and BitLocker starts to encrypt
the data that you have selected in the previous steps note that if you want to decrypt and turn
off BitLocker type manage BitLocker in the search bar and click on the turn of BitLocker option
by doing this the process of decrypting data is going to start now that you've known how you can
use BitLocker in detail step-by-step tutorial it's time to jump to the topic how does BitLocker work
basically there are two operation modes Drive encryption and device encryption the BitLocker
device encryption Works in default from all the Hope or Pro computers today's available Windows
devices support this feature here BitLocker automatically creates a recovery key the
first time you sign into Microsoft account and it attaches that recovery key to your account on the
other hand the BitLocker drive encryption uses a trusted platform module A specialized chip which
is also termed as TPM which is originally placed by the computer manufacturer in the hardware
system it stores encryption key especially for the system's Hardware authentication this TPM
chip directly collaborates with BitLocker for your data protection it allows you to encrypt
single or multiple drives on a Windows computer manually other than that BitLocker restricts the
access to start up your computer until you enter a passcode or insert a USB drive with
a particular key in case you forget the passcode you can use that USB drive for a recovery option
everything about BitLocker as you can see it's a tiny tinator with huge impact on preventing an
unauthorized access to your files if you have some more tips and tricks about how it operates
and more ideas on how to utilize it in a better way you're always invited to comment down below
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