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Chapter 5: Software support

5.4.2

BitLocker Drive Encryption

BitLocker Drive Encryption, supported by a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), is an

integral new security feature in the Windows

®

Vista OS that helps protect your data

from theft or unauthorized viewing by encrypting the hard disk drive.

• To use the BitLocker Drive Encryption function, you must have a hard disk

drive with two NTFS drive partitions, one for the system volume, 1.5 GB at

least, and one for the OS volume. The partitions must be created before

installing Windows

®

Vista. Refer to http://technet.microsoft.com for detailed

partitioning steps.

• Before activating the BitLocker, make sure that you insert the TPM chip to

the onboard connector labeled TPM and enable it in BIOS.

To activate BitLocker Drive Encryption:

1. From the Windows

®

Vista desktop,

click Start > Control Panel > Security

> BitLocker Drive Encryption. The

BitLocker Drive Encryption menu

displays.

2. Click TPM Administration.

3. From the TPM Management on Local

the TPM Management on Local

Computer menu, click

click Initialize TPM

and follow the screen instructions.

Here you can create the TPM owner

create the TPM owner

password and select a location to save

it.

We recommend that you save the

password on a USB device.

4. Go back to the BitLocker Drive Encryption menu

and click Turn On BitLocker.

5. Save the recovery password on a USB device

(recommended).

6. Cick Encrypt and BitLocker Drive Encryption

begins. You can monitor the encryption completed
percentage from the Windows

®

OS taskbar

.

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