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== Creating Partitions for Bitlocker Drive Encryption ==
BitLocker Drive Encryption requires that there be two partitions on the hard disk drive. The first partition is referred to as the ''system volume'' and contains the unencrypted boot information. The second partition is referred to as the ''operating system volume''. This is the volume which will be encrypted and contains the operating system and user data.
The system volume must be at least 1.5Gb in size and must be created before proceeding with the Bitlocker Drive Encryption process. This volume can be created either by using unallocated space on a drive, taking space from an existing volume, or merging multiple smaller volumes to create a single volume. In order to ease the process of creating the system volume Microsoft provides a tool called the ''Bitlocker Driver Preparation Tool''. This tool may be downloaded from the [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=320b9aa9-47e8-44f9-b8d0-4d7d6a75add0&displaylang=en Microsoft website].
Once the tool has been downloaded and installed it should appear in the ''Start->Accessories->''
== Enabling Bitlocker Drive Encryption ==