Encrypting Your Data with the TPM (BitLocker) (TPM security chip equipped models) (BitLocker supported models)
On models with Windows 7 Ultimate or Windows 7 Enterprise, you can use BitLocker to encrypt all the data on the built-in storage device.
Refer to Windows Help and Support for more information on the BitLocker settings and operations.
To unlock the BitLocker-protected drive with a USB flash drive, follow these steps:
- Press the ASSIST button while your VAIO computer is off.
The VAIO Care (Rescue Mode) screen appears.
- Click Start BIOS setup.
The BIOS setup screen appears.
- Press theorkey to select the Security tab and change the Change TPM State setting to Enable.
- Press theorkey to select Boot and change the External Device Boot setting to Enabled.
- Change the boot device order to put Internal Hard Disk Drive in Boot Priority before External Device.
- Press theorkey to select Exit, select Exit Setup, and then press the Enter key.
- When the confirmation prompt appears after your VAIO computer restarts, select Execute.
- Refer to Windows Help and Support to enable BitLocker.
- Save a password on the USB flash drive in the recovery password save window.
Then, follow the on-screen instructions to restart your VAIO computer. After the computer restarts, the BitLocker encryption starts.
Note
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After you update the BIOS settings using VAIO Update, the BIOS settings are restored to the default. In this case, you need to repeat the above steps.
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It takes several hours to complete the BitLocker encryption.
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Do not encrypt an external device containing the recovery password, such as a USB flash drive, using Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption.