Data security is consider as one of the most discussed topics among advanced computer topics. Sometimes companies can be crashed if a spyware transpires the business secrets. If your secret stored in a USB flash drive can be stolen or spread by others for some purposes, then it can severely decrease your reputation, among others. So, to encrypt your USB flash drive, there is a built-in feature called BitLocker in Windows Vista. Geek Square, an onsite computer repair service in Toronto will show how you can encrypt your USB drive using the BitLocker on Windows Vista.
5 Steps To Encrypt USB Flash Drive
Step 1:
First of you will need to connect your USB drive to your computer to get started using BitLocker. Then right-click on the drive and tap Turn on BitLocker.
You can also find the BitLocker with a view of large icons in that window from the Control Panel.
Step 2:
Now you are required to choose the option to unlock the drive form the current appear drive.
Step 3:
In case if you forget the password, you will need to choose a recovery key.
Step 4:
Here it’s time to select that how much drive you want to encrypt.
Step 5:
Finally, you will need to choose the encryption mode. In last, you will see a prompted dialog, which means the encryption of a drive or disk has completed successfully.