Bitlocker on windows 7 Pro

Michael Ombima 1 Reputation point
2020-12-15T12:04:45.27+00:00

Hi support,

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

Windows 7
Windows 7
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  1. MTG 911 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.

  2. Jenny Feng 13,736 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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  3. S.Sengupta 5,871 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.