My idea is to create a virtual drive on Disk Management with BitLocker to protect my private data. Is it feasible to create a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD or VHDX) with BitLocker Drive Encrytpion?
Of course, you can use BitLocker Encryption to mount VHD or VHDX files. Copy and move this VHD/VHDX files as a portable encrypted container file to any Windows computer is permitted. And when you mount it on another computer, the system will prompt you to enter the BitLocker password. Here are the steps to create a virtual disk on an already encrypted BitLocker drive:
If the drive to store the VHD file is locked by BitLocker, you need to unlock it first.
Steps Right-click on the BitLocker encrypted drive, select "Unlock Drive", then typing the BitLocker password or BitLocker Recovery Key to unlock.
Step 1 Typing "diskmgmt.msc", then press Enter.
Step 2 In Disk Management Window, click on "Action" option, click on "Create VHD" in the menu.
Step 3Follow the tutorial Create a Virtual Hard Disk in a Computer to finish the creation and initialization process, including saving VHD file to BitLocker encrypted drive, storage space for virtual drive, assign drive letter and format partition.
Note: In this procedure, you can choose to create a VHD or VHDX according to your actual demand.
Step 1 Right-click on virtual drive, choose "Turn on BitLocker".
Step 2 Follow the guidance in Enable BitLocker for Drive to finish the encryption on Virtual disk.
Find the created VHD file, right-click, and select "Mount" to attach it in File Explorer. Now you can use the newly created virtual disk to store files and data, all of which are protected by BitLocker encryption. The usage process is similar to normal drives.
Step 1 Open File Explorer and navigate to the location containing the VHD file.
Step 2 Double-click the VHD file, enter the BitLocker password to access the virtual space.
After usage, right-click the virtual drive in File Explorer and select "Eject" to safely disconnect it.
During the BitLocker encryption process, if there is no BitLocker process pause and it’s abruptly interrupted, it may lead to disk damage and irreversible data loss.
Lydia
BitLocker is a disk encryption feature included with Windows, designed to protect data by providing encryption for entire volumes. Hardware-based encryption mode, also known as OPAL encryption.
Benjamin
Enabling BitLocker encryption on a virtual machine is similar to doing so on a physical computer, but it requires consideration of virtualization environment specifics.
Lydia
Actually the BitLocker Yellow Triangle Warning is a notice or warning that BitLocker was not activated. The BitLocker drive encryption of the drive is on, but it’s not in BitLocker Drive Protection yet.
Lydia
