Now you're given a kind suggestion to backup the recovery key with three options, including 'save to your Microsoft account', 'save to a file and print the recovery key'. The password you've just entered is the only passage to unlock this BitLocker encrypted drive the next time. The password should contain uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, spaces, and symbols to make it strong. On the popped up window, you can freely set a password to protect the drive now. Right-click on your flash drive and you'll be presented with an option called Turn on BitLocker. Make sure that your flash drive appears in This PC in File Explorer and shows up as removable drive G: or other drive letters. Correctly connect your flash drive to a Windows 10 PC running Pro or Enterprise edition. As long as your USB flash drive has been formatted with NTFS, FAT, FAT32 and exFAT file systems, go ahead with the following guide to put a password on the flash drive and restrict unauthorized access from others. Support Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP How to Password Protect Your Flash Drive with BitLockerīitLocker is an encryption feature in Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise edition, which supports to encrypt local hard disks and removable drives with either a password or a smart card PIN.
