If Insert a USB flash drive is chosen, you should insert a use drive to your computer, select it and then click Save in the screen below.Ģ. Step 7: Choose Enter a password or Insert a USB flash drive to unlock the drive at startup.ġ. After restarting, click Next to encrypt the drive.

Tap Restart now to finish preparing the system drive for encryption.ġ0. Wait for the program to prepare a drive for BitLocker.ĩ. Click Turn on BitLocker again and wait for the BitLocker to check the computer configuration.Ĩ. Then, click OK to save the setting and close the Local Group Policy Editor.ĥ. After that, Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM option will be chosen automatically. Local Computer Policy/ Computer Configuration/ Administrative Templates/ Windows Components/ Bit Locker Drive Encryption/ Operating System Drives/ Require additional authentication at startupĤ. Find Require additional authentication at startup according to the procedure below and open it by double clicking it. Input gpedit.msc in the empty box and click OK.ģ.

Simultaneously press Windows key and R key ( Windows key+R) to open the Run command.īTW, Windows key is the key located between Ctrl key and Alt key on the lower left corner of a keyboard.Ģ. To solve the problem, go to set the 'Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM' option in the 'Require additional authentication at startup' policy. Note: If the following prompt box shows up, it means that you fail to start BitLocker. Step 6: Click Turn on BitLocker beside the Disk C. Step 5: Tap BitLocker Drive Encryption on the right list. If you cannot find Desktop option on the left in the folder, click Favorites and open Desktop on the right, as the following picture shows. Step 2: Open the folder (File Explorer) on the bottom left corner of the desktop and select Desktop. Step 1: Enter Desktop in the Start menu on Windows 8 computer. Procedure to turn on Windows 8 BitLocker:Įxample: Turn on BitLocker for Local Disk C.

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