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If you will use the drive on Windows 10 (Version 1511) or higher, select New encryption mode. Otherwise, choose Encrypt entire drive.9.

Please note that BitLocker automatically encrypts new data as you add it, so if you are encrypting a new drive, select Encrypt used disk space only. Choose how much of your drive to encrypt initially. Note: Your key may not be saved on an encrypted drive.Ĩ.If you forget your password, you can use your recovery key to access your drive. Save or print your recovery key to a secure location. Optimised for safeguarding essential data while on-the-go, the ThinkPad USB 3.0 1TB Secure Hard Drive offers high-level, 256-bit Advanced Encryption. Select Use a password to unlock the drive. Under Removable data drives – BitLocker to Go, select the drive that you would like to encrypt. Open Control Panel from the Start Menu.Connect the flash drive or external device that you would like to encrypt to your machine.

See Protect your Mac information with encryption. You can also encrypt a disk and protect it with a password without erasing it. You can encrypt your data without erasing it by turning on FileVault in Privacy & Security settings (see Encrypt Mac data with FileVault). If the Security Options button is not available, you can’t use Disk Utility to perform a secure erase on the storage device. Secure erase options are available only for some types of storage devices. (Optional) If available, click Security Options, use the slider to choose how many times to write over the erased data, then click OK. To change the password later, select the volume in the sidebar, then choose File > Change Password. In the sidebar, select the storage device you want to encrypt.Ĭlick the Scheme pop-up menu, then choose GUID Partition Map.Ĭlick the Format pop-up menu, then choose an encrypted file system format.Įnter and verify a password, then click Choose.

If Disk Utility isn’t open, click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, type Disk Utility in the Search field, then click the Disk Utility icon. In the Disk Utility app on your Mac, choose View > Show All Devices. If the device contains any files you want to save, copy them to another storage device or volume.