{"id":981,"date":"2010-07-05T18:49:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T16:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/archives\/981"},"modified":"2011-08-10T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T07:04:12","slug":"windows-7-use-bitlocker-to-go-as-replacement-for-truecrypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/archives\/981","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7: Use Bitlocker to Go as replacement for TrueCrypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

For several years I used TrueCrypt<\/strong> based encryption to secure my data. Since the release of Windows 7 and enhancements in the disk management I now see the possibility to replace TrueCrypt. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Why should I replace TrueCrypt?<\/h3>\n

The reason is simple. I am working with a managed Windows 7 client and I don’t want to load non standard software on my client. There are certain “Computer Use Policy” in place and using Bitlocker<\/strong> to encrypt the data is out of the box available to me.<\/p>\n

How to encrypt a portable Bitlocker files?<\/h3>\n

Well I would create a VHD fixed disk and encrypt this virtual volume with Bitlocker to Go. Note: before you start please make sure you are running Windows 7 Enterprise<\/strong><\/em> or Windows 7 Ultimate<\/strong><\/em> version<\/p>\n

Start Computer Management<\/strong>
Click Disk Management<\/strong> and right click
Click Create VHD
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Enter the VHD filename and location; the Virtual disk size and set the format to fixed size. The disk will be encrypted so you need to set it fixed. Click OK<\/strong>.
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New volume is created now. Please initialize the disk, create new SIMPLE volume, choose drive letter and format it as NTFS.
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After following the steps new disk should appear in Windows Explorer.
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Go to Windows Explorer and right click on the new created drive. Choose Turn on Bitlocker\u2026<\/strong>
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Check Use a password to unlock the drive<\/strong> and type your password. Click Next<\/strong>\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Save the recovery key to a secure location. I would recommend to print it out and keep this somewhere offsite! Click Next<\/strong>\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Click Start Encryption <\/strong>to encrypt the VHD disk.
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Depending on the selected size the VHD disk will be encrypted.
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If you are working on a Windows 7 Enterprise or Windows 7 Ultimate then Bitlocker to Go is available for you. I am not going to work with this VHD on other operating systems like OSX or Linux. If I would need to access the secured volume with non windows 7 based system I would always use a virtual machine based on Win7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For several years I used TrueCrypt based encryption to secure my data. Since the release of Windows 7 and enhancements in the disk management I now see the possibility to replace TrueCrypt. Why should I replace TrueCrypt? The reason is simple. I am working with a managed Windows 7 client and I don’t want to load non standard software on my client. There are certain “Computer Use Policy” in place and using Bitlocker to encrypt the data is out of the box available to me. How to encrypt a portable Bitlocker files? Well I would create a VHD fixed disk and encrypt this virtual volume with Bitlocker to Go. Note: before you start please make sure you are running Windows 7 Enterprise or Windows 7 Ultimate version Start Computer ManagementClick Disk Management and right clickClick Create VHD Enter the VHD filename and location; the Virtual disk size and set the format to fixed size. The disk will be encrypted so you need to set it fixed. Click OK. New volume is created now. Please initialize the disk, create new SIMPLE volume, choose drive letter and format it as NTFS. After following the steps new disk should appear in Windows Explorer. Go to Windows Explorer and right click on the new created drive. Choose Turn on Bitlocker\u2026 Check Use a password to unlock the drive and type your password. Click Next Save the recovery key to a secure location. I would recommend to print it out and keep this somewhere offsite! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[661,496],"tags":[244,147,593,592],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitlocker-microsoft","category-windows-7","tag-bitlocker","tag-howto","tag-replacement","tag-truecrypt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}