Bitlocker on windows 7 Pro

Michael Ombima 6 Reputation points
2020-12-15T12:04:45.27+00:00

Hi support,

How can i be able to enable bitlocker on windows 7 pro?

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  1. Jenny Feng 14,146 Reputation points
    2020-12-16T02:28:56.19+00:00

    @Michael Ombima
    Hi,

    BitLocker is unavailable for Windows 7 Pro and it cannot be downloaded and installed. It is available for Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise editions

    For more information, you may refer to the following link:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-7/dd835565(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

    Hope above information can help you.

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  2. MTG 1,196 Reputation points
    2020-12-15T14:11:13.057+00:00

    You can only use a trick: start windows2go (Windows 10) from a USB stick, encrypt c: of win7 using a password and the encryption algorithm AES256 (NOT XTS_AES256, aka the "new" method, since win7 does not work with it). Done.
    Else, there is no way with win7 pro since it does not support BL on its own.

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  3. S.Sengupta 14,811 Reputation points MVP
    2021-02-04T13:35:09.497+00:00

    BitLocker is unavailable for Windows 7 Professional and it cannot be downloaded and installed. It is available for Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise editions.

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