I know there is another 500mb partition that windows created when I installed Windows 10 and that is not encrypted. BitLocker likely ensured that a recovery key was safely backed up prior to activating protection. My internal harddrive has 2 partitions, C: and D: and I encrypted both. (This does not necessarily mean that you have to remember which files to encrypt every time. For example, your Excel files will be encrypted automatically but not any jpegs saved to your computer). Unlike disk encryption, since the actual file is encrypted, passing around the files (via e-mail or otherwise) will still ensure the security of those files.įolder encryption is the same concept as disk encryption, in that anything that’s saved to a particular folder (or, directory, if you prefer) is encrypted. Take the file out of the folder, and it’s not encrypted anymore. In other words, if you open up your computer and pop out the hard drive, all the contents (literally everything) of that physical hard drive are encrypted.įile encryption is the encryption of specific files only. So, if you have only two documents on your computer, you can choose to encrypt one but not the other. Unlike disk encryption, which I mentioned above, you actually have to make a decision on what you’re going to have encrypted. That is only if we are talking about full disk encryption. Disk encryption is the encryption of an entire disk, so not just specific files. Elegir cómo se pueden recuperar unidades extraíbles protegidas por BitLocker. The police or anyone else could raid your house and see the data so always shut it down.
Keep in mind that you should shut your PC down whenever you leave the room because encryption is useless when you leave your PC on.
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