Woindows 10 bitlocker download windows 7#

A BitLocker encrypted removable drive may be read (or modified) on the system used to encrypt the removable drive since the encryption key is stored on the system. This blog provides some BitLocker to Go reader background and directions for acquiring the reader for your use.īitLocker to Go is enabled by clicking the alternate mouse button (right-clicking) on the drive within File Explorer (aka Windows Explorer/File Manager) and selecting Turn on BitLocker.

Woindows 10 bitlocker download windows 7#

The BitLocker to Go reader was created simultaneous to the Windows 7 release to enable customers with Windows XP or Windows Vista systems to read removable drives protected with BitLocker technology. The ability to encrypt removable drives is included within all versions of BitLocker since Windows 7 Enterprise. BitLocker has also been included within both professional and enterprise versions of Windows 8, 8.1, and 10. Encryption of removable drives was labeled BitLocker to Go. Windows 7 inclusion extended whole drive encryption capabilities to additional partitions and to removable drives. The Vista release could only encrypt operating system partitions (with some extended capability through the command line tool). Microsoft has provided BitLocker since the Enterprise and Ultimate versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.