If you want additional storage space or a fresh o.s. install and added USB security with a USB removable storage drive: Use the 128gb NVME M.2. Somnambulist Solid State Hard Drive (SSD) with a M.2. to USB adapter and encrypt the SSD in Bitlocker with Windows 11 Professional Edition.
If you do not have Bitlocker or Windows 11 Professional Edition, you can upgrade on our website with a downloaded paid Windows 11 Professional Edition valid product key from XDEFiANCE that you easily enter into your Windows 11 Home desktop or laptop device to upgrade to edition with Bitlocker and lots of other features like Hyper-V and Device Guard.
Don’t have anywhere to hide your flash drive? Easy to be concerned with privacy of your documents and files, well at least you can now password protect it with Windows 11 Professional Edition Bitlocker by upgrading for added Windows features.
Plug your new SSD into your M.2. USB adapter easily and within seconds you can now plug the USB cord from the M.2. USB SSD adapter containing your new SSD into your Windows device.
Open Bitlocker on Windows 11 Professional Edition from the start menu or search for Bitlocker from start on Windows 11 and begin encrypting your first hard drive (Many more hard drives with passwords upon plug in to come!).
Once at the Bitlocker window, simply find your new SSD or removable USB flash drive and click ‘encrypt drive’ or ‘set password’ in blue text. Set a password for your new SSD or removable media and the password will be requested on Windows 7/10/11 devices regardless of special editions or new device hardware.
You may need to adjust some of your Bitlocker settings, such as encryption methods and TPM settings, in group policy by running Group Policy through the Windows Start + Run then type in ‘gpedit.msc or gpedit.msc to open Group Policy Editor for your local machine.
Navigate to Administrative Templates and update your options for all Bitlocker settings if your Group Policy is not managed by a domain currently.
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