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BitLocker protection on removable drives is known as BitLocker To Go. When a BitLocker-protected removable drive is unlocked on a computer running Windows 7, the drive is automatically recognized and the user is either prompted for credentials to unlock the drive or the drive is unlocked automatically if configured to do so. Computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista do not automatically recognize that the removable drive is BitLocker-protected. With the BitLocker To Go Reader users can unlock...
<Rant> This one is kind of a gotcha that has caught me by surprise. If you use BitLocker with a TPM that is PIN protected you can’t log into Safe Mode unless you go into recovery mode. Personally I found this very surprising to say the least. I honestly can’t say that this sounds logical to me, if you can provide the PIN protecting the TPM I can’t see why you shouldn’t be able to access Safe Mode. You are not circumventing any of the protection mechanisms you simply choose an alternate boot...
Slowly but surely BitLocker is starting to creep into our lives. Soon enough we will be convinced that it was there all along. Microsoft have released a document describing how BitLocker and Hyper-V can and should work together to provide a secure virtual environment. Download it here .
If you have been following my blog you know that I have a series of posts about BitLocker. The third part is still missing in action, but a new tool from Microsoft will be sure to make a guest appearance in that post: BitLocker Repair Tool. This tool helps access data encrypted with BitLocker if the hard disk has been physically damaged. This tool attempts to reconstruct critical data from the drive and salvage any recoverable data. To decrypt the data, a recovery password or recovery key is required...
Continuing the BitLocker related posts, I wanted to reveal a tip I intend to discuss in the third part of my BitLocker post series: accessing BitLocker encrypted volumes by using WinPE. If something went terribly wrong with your Windows installation you are in a bad situation since not only can you not load Windows but since you can't load Windows you can't access you data (since it is protected by BitLocker that is a feature of Windows). You may attempt to access your data by loading WinPE...
It has been a while since I wrote the first part, much longer then I planned but as the saying goes: Man plans,God smiles... In the first part of the series I have described what is Bitlocker and how it works, now it's time to get your hands dirty and implement it. As with any process, planning/preparing will increases the chances of success and in the case of Bitlocker it doesn't really matter wether you plan to implement it on one system or one thousand systems some planning is necessary...
I will start with a disclaimer. I know, not a good way to start a post... I intend to write a series of posts about Bitlocker, starting with the theory and turning that theory into practical implementation. I am writing these posts based on my own personal research and knowledge. I have no connection to the people that wrote Bitlocker so I may make mistakes here...If I do,please send me a message or leave a comment pointing out the mistakes and I will make sure to fix them. I decided to write these...
This came as no surprise to me, yet when you see something theoretical being applied it always manages to give you a jolt...especially if you consider the timing. During the last week I was (and still am) planning a series of posts about Bitlocker. In (very) short,Bitlocker is a Windows Vista technology that encrypts your hard drive as a unit. To access the data you need to provide some type of a key that releases the key used to decrypt (and encrypt) your data into RAM. The main advantage of Bitlocker...