You can use BitLocker to encrypt a VHD or VHDX (Virtual Hard Disk) file mounted as a drive. In this post, we will show you how to create a portable BitLocker encrypted container file using a mounted VHD or VHDX file in Windows 10.<\/p>\n
Launch File Explorer, right-click the fixed data drive(eg. E: ) for the mounted VHD or VHDX file, and click Turn on BitLocker.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Select Use a password to unlock the drive. Enter the password you want to use to unlock the drive with and click Next.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Select how you want to back up your BitLocker recovery keyfor this drive, and clickNext.<\/p>\n
The options are:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Microsoft accountoption is only available when you aresigned in to Windows 10 with a Microsoft account. It will save the BitLocker recovery key to yourOneDrive account online.<\/p>\n
Select the radio button for how much of your drive to encrypt. The Encrypt entire drive option is recommended. Click Next.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Select the radio button for which encryption mode New encryption mode(XTS-AES 128-bit) orCompatible mode (AES-CBC 128-bit) to use for the VHD or VHDX drive, and click Next.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Click Start encrypting when ready.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The VHDX container file will now start encrypting.<\/p>\n
When encryption has completed, youll get a prompt. Click onClose.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Thats it, folks!<\/p>\n
Hope this post on how to encrypt a VHD or VHDX container file was easy to understand.<\/p>\n
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