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Encrypting Windows Systems
Bit Locker is full disk encryption and can be enabled from the Control Panel.
- Click on BitLocker Drive Ecryption
![All Control Panel Items Window with Bitlocker Drive Encryption highlighted](https://confluence.wooster.edu/download/attachments/43319877/bitlocker.png?version=1&modificationDate=1590683866897&api=v2)
2. Turn on BitLocker
![Bitlocker Drive Encryption Window](https://confluence.wooster.edu/download/attachments/43319877/bitlocker2.png?version=1&modificationDate=1590683867087&api=v2)
3. If your computer is on the Wooster domain, save the key to your domain account. Otherwise print it and keep it in a safe place. You may need it to recover your data at some point.
![Bitlocker Drive Encryption Recovery Key Window](https://confluence.wooster.edu/download/attachments/43319877/bitlocker3.png?version=1&modificationDate=1590683867337&api=v2)
4. Click next and start encrypting.