Secure Your Local Drive With a Password in Windows 7

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_G_pjytz-_ksW0I8TJvGA_i4EqWMLWyYzg4ZaqRW54j_2rGVzqPibimHNK162D5UydZGOmdmigiWNxf1If3O8yFaCbIGz68JpAcCwOWC-yMM6okCIpBmuG6iGyz_ZM9CJMoEt6PER-Dt/s1600/lockdrive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="local drive privacy" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_G_pjytz-_ksW0I8TJvGA_i4EqWMLWyYzg4ZaqRW54j_2rGVzqPibimHNK162D5UydZGOmdmigiWNxf1If3O8yFaCbIGz68JpAcCwOWC-yMM6okCIpBmuG6iGyz_ZM9CJMoEt6PER-Dt/s1600/lockdrive.jpg" /></a></div> Now you can protect your local drive simply with a strong password and protect your personal files from other people using your computer. This method comes with windows 7 and the later operating systems. Here are a few simple steps by which you can protect your local drive:<br /> <ol> <li>First right click on the drive that you want to lock.</li> <li>Select the option 'turn on bitlocker' as shown in the below picture.</li> </ol> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6DpWeOxyTcdVCJH_UrZrQ6-_aXUPY8OO_rA5PSLKgCsT64N4ZPRDSY_RCE8kZkEt2rCAz8zx1ZmCfMHmJos7S6loSO7EK7fEKfFLC7gQpeoMs0Gm97cwN7gHC9iyXEOueNNttpBcsaBP/s1600/pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Password Lock Local Drive" border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6DpWeOxyTcdVCJH_UrZrQ6-_aXUPY8OO_rA5PSLKgCsT64N4ZPRDSY_RCE8kZkEt2rCAz8zx1ZmCfMHmJos7S6loSO7EK7fEKfFLC7gQpeoMs0Gm97cwN7gHC9iyXEOueNNttpBcsaBP/s320/pic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 3. Now click on the check box 'use a password to unlock the drive'  and type your password and click next</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnL8jPEiY4QXRHyG-aTxLIiHBDyrSR5tptDpjXV0ArZeBWvThyphenhyphenG6zmHjKQ-igu0rlqdXQex5JvF02cqS5FRj45MJ70JCpaXylgRnWVqFMsgY8bXxqTWOtfC-iA80JtGI9taGpPRt4i_zq/s1600/image1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnL8jPEiY4QXRHyG-aTxLIiHBDyrSR5tptDpjXV0ArZeBWvThyphenhyphenG6zmHjKQ-igu0rlqdXQex5JvF02cqS5FRj45MJ70JCpaXylgRnWVqFMsgY8bXxqTWOtfC-iA80JtGI9taGpPRt4i_zq/s320/image1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 4. Now click on save to a file option to back up your recovery key</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Jb7SZz-tFoQ_ETr9N3kQZOXpgf5fkz5Ul52l-zxAzeuZnh-EPtQ_EYOVo7EzOP1qtMd144zyj9y_yyRXVU2jRfBN-5ugofLLYHiVcboIIAEkxWUmYR_vP5rtMf29QHGXc9DzsaDNOBhj/s1600/image2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Jb7SZz-tFoQ_ETr9N3kQZOXpgf5fkz5Ul52l-zxAzeuZnh-EPtQ_EYOVo7EzOP1qtMd144zyj9y_yyRXVU2jRfBN-5ugofLLYHiVcboIIAEkxWUmYR_vP5rtMf29QHGXc9DzsaDNOBhj/s320/image2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  make sure to save this file in a safe place so that if you forget your password you can use this recovery key to unlock the drive.click on the encrypt option to encrypt your drive.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div>

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