' Use My Smart Card To Unlock The Drive': Select this option if you want to use a smart card and enter the smart card PIN to unlock the drive. Passwords allow a drive to be unlocked in any location and to be shared with other people. ' Use A Password To Unlock This Drive': Select this option if you want to be prompted for a password to unlock the drive.

On the 'Choose How You Want To Unlock This Drive' window, choose one or more of the following options, and then click Next:.

Right-click the USB flash drive in My Computer or This PC and select 'Turn on BitLocker'.

If there is data on the USB flash drive, please go to step 3.

Format USB flash drive into FAT32/NTFS/exFAT file system.

If you only have Windows 7/8/10 Home edition, please refer to How to turn on BitLocker drive encryption on Windows 7/8/10 Home edition?

Windows 10 Professional/Enterprise, Windows 8/8.1 Professional/Enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate/Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate/Enterprise, Windows Server 2008/2012

Insert a USB flash drive to a Windows computer with these editions:.

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