newpersn Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 Hi, Yes i know it Windows 7. We havent had the OK to upgrade these machines to Windows 10. A user has brought a 4TB external drive and trying to bitlocker it and it falling on Windows 7, (Bitlockers fine on Windows 10) Is there a patch for Windows 7 to encrypt drives larger than 2tb? I've currently left it encrypting on a Windows 10 Laptop. although it took 5 mins to get to .1% on a USB3 port. (There is an error message which come up but i have forgotten it now)
newpersn Posted January 20, 2020 Author Posted January 20, 2020 Bios. Dell Optiplex 3010 (2nd gen i3)
mavhc Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 Oh, it's usb? Was going to say BIOS = MPT = 2TB partition limit. Possibly depends on the usb enclosure
newpersn Posted January 20, 2020 Author Posted January 20, 2020 Oh, it's usb? Was going to say BIOS = MPT = 2TB partition limit. Possibly depends on the usb enclosure Seagate Expansion Drive 4TB, I'm guessing its a fault with Windows 7. Bitlockering fine on Win 10 1903.
mavhc Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 Did you set it to encrypt used or whole drive? how many TBs to encrypt? (4 TB) / (50 (MB per second)) = 22.2222222 hours
newpersn Posted January 20, 2020 Author Posted January 20, 2020 Whole drive. I told the user it will take ages to encrypt. Didn't give me the option for used data - plus I'm unsure if that option works with Windows 7.
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