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If you have installed Windows 7 on your PC, then you have the possibility to protect your private data on a USB stick with the desired password. How to protect the USB memory, see later in this article!
– Insert the USB stick into your computer
– Go to Computer (My Computer)
– Click the right mouse button on the drive from the USB stick and then in the drop-down menu, select “Turn on BitLocker” as shown in the picture:
– After BitLocker review your USB stick, there will be a box in which you need to enter the desired password. Password, enter under “Type your password” and it then once again enter under “Retype your password”.
Now click on the “Start Encrypting” to lock of your USB stick can start!
– Wait until the lock done by the end!
– Now your USB Stick locked! Click on the button “Close”.