hello everyone welcome back to wondershare recovery which is data recovery software
specifically designed to help users retrieve deleted data from various storage devices now
after our last episode many of our users wanted us to make a dedicated episode on BitLocker to go
and how to use it in different circumstances and since keeping your wish is our highest priority
we've decided to dedicate this entire episode to BitLocker to go and the best ways to use it
to encrypt a storage device so get ready for a unique yet informational episode but before that
make sure to subscribe to on the share recover it so that you never miss out on any future updates
now let's start with a simple introduction for users who don't know bitlocker2go is a modified
version of the conventional BitLocker software Microsoft have specifically designed this variant
to help users encrypt external storage devices such as USB flash drives or external hard drives
now you can assign a recovery key to a USB drive to ensure that no one can access its
content without proper authorization keep in mind though that bitlocker2go is only available for
Windows 10 and windows 11 users and it is not available in the home editions of those as of
today bitlocker2go can encrypt USB drives that are formatted in either NTFS FAT32 or fat 16 or
xfat file systems so coming to the real question how to encrypt a USB drive using BitLocker to go
in Windows 10 or 11. well here is the step-by-step procedure to encrypt a USB drive using BitLocker
to go start by plugging in the USB drive that you want to encrypt and then open File Explorer
now go to this PC and right click on the USB drive option then from the menu select turn on BitLocker
at this stage BitLocker will automatically start initializing the encryption process now based on
the performance of your PC this process may take a few minutes to complete next choose the way that
you want to unlock your drive in future personally we'd recommend choosing the first option because
it lets you specify a password or more commonly known here as a recovery key once you've entered
the password that you want click on the next button then in the next step you can create a
backup for your recovery using a preferred method at this point you'll have to decide whether you
want to encrypt the entire drive or just a portion where selected files are located if you want to
complete this process as soon as possible then we'd recommend using the second option
finally click on the start encrypting button and BitLocker will start encrypting your drive
although be advised do not interrupt this process whilst it's taking place once the process has
completed your USB drive will be encrypted and no one will be able to access it without your
specified recovery key now since we've learned how to encrypt a USB drive using BitLocker to go
it would probably be worth understanding how you can access a bit Locker to go encrypted drive to
do this all you need is your specified BitLocker password so again connect the encrypted USB drive
to your computer and then open this PC now double click on the USB drive and a pop-up window will
appear on your screen asking you to enter the password type in your BitLocker recovery key
and then press enter and voila you'll now be able to have access to all of the encrypted drives data
so that is how you can use BitLocker to go on a USB drive to protect its content from unauthorized
access at this point you already know that the recovery key is an extremely important tool for
using BitLocker to go but what if someone forgets their BitLocker password and can't recover it
well in that case that you'll need professional data recovery tools like wondershare recover it
to restore the data from the USB drive now with recoverit you can easily retrieve data from an
encrypted USB drive and save it to your computer without any hassle and since recovery supports
all file formats you can retrieve practically anything you want so let's quickly take a look
at the step-by-step procedure for recovering data from an encrypted USB drive using recoverit
first install and launch recover it on your computer and then connect the USB drive to the
system under the external devices tab select the USB drive as your desired Target location
recovery will now automatically start scanning that USB drive and fetch out all files and display
them on your screen once the scanning process is completed simply choose the files that you want to
recover and then tap on the recover button in the bottom right corner to restore them to your system
and that is a wrap on today's episode on how to use BitLocker to go to encrypt a USB drive
now if you constantly use either USB drives or ssds to move data from one system to another
it would probably be beneficial to use BitLocker to go as it will allow you to protect your files
from unauthorized access so if you found this video helpful don't forget to drop a like and
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