BitLocker to Go can be enabled in the new Windows 8 UI by searching for the feature or via File Explorer while in Desktop mode.

Find your removable drive under Removable data drives – BitLocker To Go and select it. Click Turn on BitLocker to start the encryption process (image shows what it looks like after turning it on).

Essential security for your Windows PC's files. Here's everything you need to know to get started and thrive.

BitLocker-to-Go on Windows 7 --> BitLocker-to-Go on Windows 7 As previously mentioned in my other article, BitLocker has now been ported to Windows 7, and begun supporting portable and flash drives.

BitLocker To Go is a new feature introduced with Windows 7. It lets you protect USB storage devices in a way similar to what BitLocker offers for OS and fixed drives.

Windows 10 tip: Protect removable storage devices with BitLocker encryption Do you use a USB flash drive, MicroSD card, or portable hard drive to keep backups of important files?

If you see This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup, enable WinRE, tweak Group Policy, ...

Make sure you have security rules in place before allowing the use of BitLocker To Go by your agency's users.