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Steps to enable BitLocker on your computer:

1. Click Start Control Panel Security BitLocker Drive Encryption.
2. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, verify that the proposed action is what you requested, and then click Continue.
3. From the BitLocker Drive Encryption screen, click Turn On BitLocker on the Windows OS volume. If your TPM is not initialized, you will see the Initialize TPM Security Hardware Wizard. Follow the directions to switch on the TPM and reboot your computer. Once the TPM is initialized, click Turn On BitLocker on the system volume again.
4. In the Save the recovery password dialog box, you will see the following options:

• Save the password on a USB drive. Saves the password to a removable drive.
• Save the password in a folder. Saves the password to a network drive or other location.
• Print the password. Prints the password.

1. Choose any of these options to preserve the recovery password.
2. From the “Encrypt the selected disk volume” dialog box, confirm the Run BitLocker System check box is checked and click Continue.
3. Confirm you want to reboot the computer by clicking Restart Now. The computer reboots and BitLocker ensures that the computer is BitLocker-compatible and ready for encryption. If it is not, you will see an error message alerting you to the problem before encryption starts.
4. If it is ready for encryption, the Encryption in Progress status bar is displayed. You can monitor the ongoing completion status of the disk volume encryption by dragging your mouse cursor over the BitLocker Drive Encryption icon in the toolbar at the bottom of your screen.