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You will still need a copy of the key used to encrypt the drive, preferably delivered via a separate medium than the encrypted device. The reader continues to support FAT, FAT32, and reportedly exFAT and NTFS drives, although I have not attempted to use it personally on the latter two formats. The original promotion for the BitLocker to Go reader stated: “The BitLocker To Go Reader is an application that provides users read-only access to BitLocker-protected FAT-formatted drives on computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista”.

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You can still find and download the BitLocker to Go reader (bitlockertogo.exe) although it is supposed to be installed onto an external USB drive that has been encrypted with BitLocker to Go by default.ĭownload the BitLocker to Go Reader directly from Microsoft or use the search box on Windows 10 which took me directly to the download site.)

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Windows 7 support pages provide an overview that is referenced within Windows 10 online support. Microsoft continues to provide the BitLocker to Go Reader with Windows 10 for platforms running Windows Vista or Windows 7 (and Windows XP even though support has expired). The one requirement is that the drive have at least 64MB of available disk space. In Windows 10, BitLocker capabilities are extended to encrypt data drives formatted with exFAT, FAT, FAT32 or NTFS. Pay particular attention to BitLocker Recovery Agents and recover using a BitLocker recovery password. Make certain that you understand the robust options for BitLocker management through the Control Panel>BitLocker Management Tool or Group Policy.

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You can also receive a Windows 10 BitLocker update that includes a hands-on lab in our 20697-1 Installing and Configuring Windows 10 course. The encryption/decryption key will be stored in association with a TPM 1.2 (Trusted Platform Module 1.2) or newer OR a removable USB device (flash drive).įor more details regarding BitLocker requirements, options and functionality check out the newest Microsoft Technet Article “ What’s new in BitLocker? ” updated by Brian Lich on. A BitLocker encrypted removable drive may be read (or modified) on the system used to encrypt the removable drive since the encryption key is stored on the system. This blog provides some BitLocker to Go reader background and directions for acquiring the reader for your use.īitLocker to Go is enabled by clicking the alternate mouse button (right-clicking) on the drive within File Explorer (aka Windows Explorer/File Manager) and selecting Turn on BitLocker. The BitLocker to Go reader was created simultaneous to the Windows 7 release to enable customers with Windows XP or Windows Vista systems to read removable drives protected with BitLocker technology. The ability to encrypt removable drives is included within all versions of BitLocker since Windows 7 Enterprise.

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BitLocker has also been included within both professional and enterprise versions of Windows 8, 8.1, and 10. Encryption of removable drives was labeled BitLocker to Go. Windows 7 inclusion extended whole drive encryption capabilities to additional partitions and to removable drives. The Vista release could only encrypt operating system partitions (with some extended capability through the command line tool). Microsoft has provided BitLocker since the Enterprise and Ultimate versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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