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Bitlocker?

John Connor

John Connor

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Edit- Bitlocker!

I was reading this crap, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766295(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_require

And saw that it said I needed two partitions? I'm using Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit and also was wondering if I have TPM. Mother board is a Gigabyte 965P-DS3.

Do you need a Windows password to use Bitlocker? I would like to encrypt both the SSD main drive and the HDD secondary drive.

Edit- Just noticed that Bitlocker will only encrypt the main drive. Maybe I'll just use Truecrypt. How would that work for encrypting two drives?
 
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blurredvision said:
I'm confused by the thread title...Cryptolocker is bad bad bad.
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Hehehe, me too. Saw the title and a Microsoft link and thought there was going to be griping about how Security Essentials misses the trojan that delivers the CL payload when about 95% of real-time scanners miss it as well 😀

But I'm the wrong person to ask about BitLocker, it is only really suitable for laptops in case of theft. Otherwise I hate it with a passion.

In some mobos, they require an administrator p/w on the BIOS to enable encryption. Further, in HP systems embedded TPM system option must be enabled as well, dunno about others but I redeployed Windows 8.1 Enterprise on a bunch of laptops for a company that wanted the encryption. If you have to run a repair installation and have a hard time getting onto the server or the key is missing, get ready for some headaches.
 
John Connor said:
Edit- Bitlocker!

I was reading this crap, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766295(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_require

And saw that it said I needed two partitions? I'm using Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit and also was wondering if I have TPM. Mother board is a Gigabyte 965P-DS3.

Do you need a Windows password to use Bitlocker? I would like to encrypt both the SSD main drive and the HDD secondary drive.

Edit- Just noticed that Bitlocker will only encrypt the main drive. Maybe I'll just use Truecrypt. How would that work for encrypting two drives?
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You should have no problem encrypting your additional drives, and your system probably has the necessary partitioning on your boot drive already. It doesn't look like your motherboard has a TPM or even a place to plug one in, so you'll need to change a Group Policy setting that lets you use a USB key as your startup token.

So start Group Policy Editor as described in "Scenario 3," but the setting you want on Win7 Ultimate is Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Bitlocker Drive Encryption > Operating System Drive > Require additional authentication at startup and you need to set that so you don't have to have a TPM.
 
I only have one partition on C drive.

How do I encrypt the second hard drive? When I select Bitlocker it only says the main drive.

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If you go into Computer and right-click the other hard drive, there should be a Turn on Bitlocker option on its right-click menu.

To view all the partitions on your main hard drive, try Disk Management (right-click Computer, choose Manage from the menu, and go down to Storage > Disk Management. My Win7 Ultimate 64-bit system has two (System Reserved and the C: partition).
 
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