Vista BitLocker Drive Encryption tips

"I think that being able to implement hardware level encryption against a laptop's hard drive is something that was long overdue," says Brien Posey, Microsoft MVP and SearchWindowsSecurity.com site expert. "BitLocker can only be used to encrypt a single drive, and in some cases that will be insufficient, for example, if a computer has two hard drives. I do expect this limitation to eventually go away though as the technology matures over the next few years. My only concern with BitLocker, though, is that I have heard some horror stories regarding data recovery on encrypted drives."

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How to use BitLocker without TPM in Vista: BitLocker, a function available in Microsoft's Vista Enterprise and Ultimate versions, lets you encrypt on a system drive, something that wasn't possible in previous versions of Windows without a third-party product. Typically, in order to use BitLocker, you need a system with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware, version 1.2 or better -- something that a number of PC manufacturers are now starting to supply, albeit at additional cost. Continue with BitLocker without TPM.

BitLocker means end-to-end encryption for Vista: Could BitLocker be the answer to your encryption prayers? Serdar Yegulalp explains how you can encrypt your Windows Vista system using BitLocker in one of four ways. Continue with BitLocker encryption.

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